REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Beggars Receiving Alms at a Door.
Etching and drypoint, 1648. 165x128 mm; 6 1/2x5 1/8 inches, narrow to thread margins. Biörklund's second state (of 3); Usticke's second state (of 6); White and Boon's second state (of 3). Ex-collection unidentified collector, blind stamp with the initials FB (Lugt 976, lower center recto). A brilliant, early, richly-inked impression with very strong contrasts and no sign of wear. Bartsch 176; Biörklund 48-C; Hollstein (White and Boon) 176.
