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174 REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended
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Etching, 1646. 98x168 mm; 3
7
/
8
x6
5
/
8
inches, narrow margins. Biörklund’s second state (of
2); Usticke’s third state (i) (of 4);White and Boon’s second state (of 2). A very good, dark
and well-inked impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 196; Biörklund 46-C; Hollstein
(White and Boon) 196.
[2,500/3,500]
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Beggars Receiving Alms at a Door
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Etching, 1648. 167x128 mm; 6
1
/
2
x5
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.
[3,000/5,000]
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Peasant Family on the Tramp
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Etching, circa 1652. 114x93 mm; 4
1
/
2
x3
3
/
4
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s first state
(of 2); Usticke’s first state (of 4), with
pentimenti
of the face at right clearly visible;White
and Boon’s first state (of 2), before the re-etching of the false-biting and the addition of
the 3 short vertical lines in the center of the back pack. A superb, well-inked and early
impression with strong contrasts. Bartsch 131; Biörklund 52-3; Hollstein (White and
Boon) 131.
[6,000/9,000]
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