May 01, 2008 - Sale 2144

Sale 2144 - Lot 178

Unsold
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Beggar Man and a Beggar Woman Conversing.

Etching, 1630. 75x55 mm; 3x2 1/4 inches. Usticke's second state (e) (of 3), before the horizontal scratch from the man's hand to the woman's basket. Trimmed on or inside the plate mark ( 1/8-inch inside the plate mark on the blank left side). A good, dark and evenly-printed impression. Bartsch 164; Biörklund 30-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 164.