Christie’s roundel
Lot 71

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

A Beggar seated on a Bank (B., Holl. 174; H. 11)

Closed8 December 2009

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GBP 25,000

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A Beggar seated on a Bank (B., Holl. 174; H. 11)
etching, circa 1630, without watermark, a fine impression of this scarce print, the only state, with many vertical polishing scratches and inky plates edges, thread margins on three sides, trimmed to the platemark below, some pale foxing mainly visible verso, three small thin areas at the upper sheet edge where previously laid down, a pinhole at the upper left corner, a short soft crease across the tip of the upper right corner, a tiny nick in the lower left margin
P. 117 x 70 mm., S. 118 x 72 mm.

A. P. F. Robert-Dumesnil (1778-1864), Paris (L. 2200).
P. Davidsohn (1879 - ?), Berlin (L. 654).