REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)

Ragged Peasant with his Hands behind him, holding a Stick

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REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN (1606-1669)
Ragged Peasant with his Hands behind him, holding a Stick
etching
circa 1630
on laid paper, without watermark
a fine impression of the eighth state (of nine)
printing sharply, darkly and with good contrasts
with thread margins on three sides, trimmed into the blank subject at left
a couple of small repaired holes and other minor defects
Sheet 92 x 63 mm.
Provenance
Hippolyte Dreux (1800-1884), Paris (Lugt 1302); his sale, Hôtel Drouot (exp. Renou & Maulde), Paris, 8 April 1861, lot 381 ('Superbe épreuve') (Fr. 7; to Galichon).
Emile Galichon (1829-1875), Paris (without stamp, see Lugt 1058); his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot (exp. Clément), 10-14 May 1875, lot 542 ('Superbe épreuve. Collection Dreux.') (Fr. 50; to Galichon).
Louis Galichon (1829-1893), Paris (Lugt 1061); his posthumous sale, Hôtel Drouot (exp. Danlos), Paris, 4-9 March 1895, lot 962 ('très belle épreuve. Coll. E. Galichon') (Fr. 20; to Weil).
With August Laube Kunsthandel, Zurich (with their stocknumber 33542 in pencil verso).
Sam Josefowitz (Lugt 6094); acquired from the above in 1973; then by descent to the present owners.
Literature
Bartsch, Hollstein 172; Hind 16; New Hollstein 47 (this impression cited)
Stogdon p. 300

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