A beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick (B., Holl. 162; H. 15)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
A beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick (B., Holl. 162; H. 15)
etching, 1631, a very good impression of this very rare print, with narrow to thread margins all round, the tips of the right and lower left sheet corners skilfully made-up, some grey wash at the lower right borderline, a skilfully repaired 7 mm. tear at the upper sheet edge, otherwise in very good condition
(FPR 65)
P. 156 x 120 mm., S. 158 x 121 mm.

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Lot Essay

In the years 1630-1631, before he moved to Amsterdam for the second time, Rembrandt concentrated his printmaking efforts on studies of beggars and other street characters. Unlike many of his predecessors and contemporaries Rembrandt did not stress their physical deformities or impoverished circumstances, or display the slightest sign of any amusement or censoriousness at their misfortune. Instead he showed these outcasts in a manner imbued with human understanding. In the earliest sheets these beggars are executed in a swift, sketchy way reminiscent of Jacques Callot, whose beggar series Les Gueux of 1622 seems to have been one of his sources of inspiration.
Reproduced actual size

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