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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Lot 124

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Beggar seated on a Bank

Closed14 December 2017

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Beggar seated on a Bank
etching, 1630, on laid paper, without watermark, a fine, early impression of New Hollstein's first state (of two), before the plate was reduced, with wide margins, annotated with the artist's signature in ink at lower left, some very pale foxing, otherwise in very good condition
Plate 116 x 70 mm., Sheet 140 x 94 mm.

Initials JVV in pencil verso, probably Joseph Vallette; possibly his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 26 August 1807, lot 148 (Fl 9.5; to J. Yver).
A. P. F. Robert-Dumesnil (1778-1864), Paris (Lugt 2200); his sale, Phillips, London, 12-14 April 1836, lot 179 (£10; to Fuller).
Baron J.G. Verstolk van Soelen (1776-1845), La Haye and Soelen, according to a pencil inscription verso; presumably his sale, De Vries, Amsterdam, 26 October 1847 (and following days), lot 442 ('épreuve superbe à large marges') (£42.15; to Roosell).
With Colnaghi, London (their stock number C. 11973 in pencil verso).
With Kennedy Galleries, New York (their stock number a. 15694 in pencil verso).

Specialist note

Both the catalogue of the Chevalier de Claussin and Phillip's catalogue of the Robert-Dumesnil sale in 1836 mention the wide margins and the inscription of the artist's name on the present impression.