Lot 76
  • 76

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
  • Beggar seated warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish (B., Holl. 173; New Holl. 44; H. 8)
  • Etching
  • sheet: 79 by 47mm 3 1/8 by 1 7/8 in
Etching, circa 1630, a very good impression of this rare subject, New Hollstein's second (final) state

Provenance

Ex coll. Richard Houlditch Jr. (L. 2214)

Condition

With thread margins or trimmed on the plate mark on three sides, trimmed fractionally within the subject at left, otherwise in good condition, unframed.
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