Beggar leaning on a Stick, facing left (B., Holl. 163; H. 9)

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Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
Beggar leaning on a Stick, facing left (B., Holl. 163; H. 9)
etching, circa 1630, a fine impression of this very rare plate, with part of a Foolscap watermark, 7-8 mm. margins on all sides, some pale, scattered foxing, the number 124. inscribed in brown ink in the upper right sheet corner, otherwise in very good condition
P. 86 x 47 mm., S. 101 x 62 mm.

Provenance

H. Finch, 5th Earl of Aylesford (L. 58)
D. G. de Arozarena (L. 109)

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Lot Essay

In 1810 Heneage Finch, the 5th Earl of Aylesford, bought the complete Ploos van Amstel-collection of Rembrandt prints, which at the time was one of the earliest, finest and largest collections still in existence. By 1847 the London dealer William Smith had acquired the collection and began to disperse it. On 3 May that year, he wrote to the British Museum, who subsequently bought a large part of the collection: 'The Aylesford collection I believe has always been considered by collectors on the whole as the finest as regards condition and extent in the world'. (Quoted in Landmarks in Print Collecting, A. Griffiths (ed.), London, 1996)

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