Lot 24
  • 24

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Beggar Man and Woman Behind a Bank (B., Holl. 165; New Holl. 51; H. 13)
  • etching on paper
  • plate: 98 by 68mm 3 7/8 by 2 3/4 in
  • sheet: 100 by 70mm 4 by 2 3/4 in
The rare etching, engraving and drypoint, circa 1630, the fifth state (of nine), New Hollstein's fifth state (of nine), printing with burr in the bank and along the lower plate edge, with inky plate edges, on paper with an indistinct partial watermark, framed

Provenance

Ex. coll John Barnard (L. 1420); Pierre Remy (L. 2136); Heneage Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (L. 58); Ambroise Firmin-Didot (L. 119); Dr. August Sträter (L. 787); Thomas Miller Whitehead (L. 2449); N. Mossoloff (L. 1802); with Harlow, McDonald & Co., New York (their stock number 32659 printed on a label on the frame verso)

Condition

With narrow margins, in good condition apart from some discoloration, residual mounting on the left and upper edges with associated paper thinning, framed.
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