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REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Beggar Man and a Beggar Woman Conversing.
Etching, 1630. 78x66 mm; 3 1/8x2 5/8 inches, thread margins. Usticke's first state (of 3), before the scratches between the man's hand and the woman's hip; New Hollstein's first state (of 3). A superb, dark, early impression with strong contrasts and no sign of wear.
The two beggars represented on this plate, which is among Rembrandt's earliest etched compositions with a pair of peasant figures, bear a striking resemblance to the beggar man and woman on his early Sheet of Studies, etching, circa 1632.
Provenance: George Biörklund, Stockholm, author of the catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt's etchings, with the ink stamp verso (Lugt 1138c). Bartsch 164; Biörklund 30-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 164; New Hollstein 45.
