Nov 03, 2016 - Sale 2429

Sale 2429 - Lot 175

Price Realized: $ 2,860
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 5,000
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Beggars Receiving Alms at a Door.

Etching, 1648. 167x128 mm; 6 1/2x5 1/8 inches, narrow margins. Biörklund's third state (of 3); Usticke's fourth state (of 6); White and Boon's third state (of 3). Shield with the word Paris and date 1680 (Ash/Fletcher 39 A.a., which they note for another impression of this subject in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston). A very good, well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 176; Biörklund 48-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 176.