"The famous Frits Lugt collection, which is to be found in the Institut Néerlandais in Paris, comprises the almost complete graphic oeuvre of Rembrandt. This unique collection of etchings, assembled largely between 1920 and 1935 by the Rembrandt authority Frits Lugt, is characterised by early states and exceptional printings. Every item has been chosen with a profound sense for its pictorial quality. Research into the provenance shows that most of the prints come from famed collections.
Erik Hinterding is the author of this English-language catalogue covering the entire collection. Thanks to his years of research into the watermarks, copper plates and paper, a great deal has come to be known about the production and distribution of Rembrandt’s prints. Precise descriptions of the prints and his discoveries provide a new stimulus for further research.
The catalogue consists of a text and plate volume. The colour reproductions of the etchings in the plate volume are, with only a few exceptions, prepared directly from the originals. At the end of the text volume there are x-ray reproductions of around a hundred watermarks." (Publishers text)

This very well designed catalogue is unique in the history of publications about Rembrandt; all of the etchings have been newly lithographed from the originals and the scholarly research makes it a must for art-historians, collectors and interested amateurs.