Lot 37
  • 37

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House (B., Holl. 176; H. 233; BB. 48-C)
  • etching on paper
  • Sheet: 165 by 130mm; 6½ by 5 1/8 in
Etching with drypoint, 1648, a very good impression of the third (final) state, with the scratches strongly visible below the boy's left foot, on paper with part of a Strasbourg Lily watermark

Provenance

Ex coll. John Malcolm (L. 1780); a duplicate from the British Museum (L. 305)

Condition

Trimmed just outside the platemark, trimmed on the platemark in places, a couple of pale brown stains at lower right part of image, otherwise in good condition, unframed.
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