93 / 218
110
●
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Beggar Man and a BeggarWoman Conversing
.
Etching, 1630. 78x66 mm; 3
1
/
8
x2
5
/
8
inches,
small margins. Usticke’s third state (of 3).A
very good, evenly-printed impression with
strong contrasts.
The two beggars conversing 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. Bartsch 164; Biörklund
30-A; Hollstein (White and Boon) 164.
[2,000/3,000]
111
●
REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd
.
Etching, circa 1630. 100x47 mm; 4x1
7
/
8
inches, thread margins. Biörklund’s second
state (of 2); Uscticke’s only state (e);White
and Boon’s second state (of 2). A superb,
early impression, with the horizontal line
across the lower portion of the plate and
the diagonal scratch through the gourd
distinct. Bartsch 168; Biörklund 30-16;
Hollstein (White and Boon) 168.
[5,000/8,000]
110
111