• Old Master Prints auction at Christies

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    Old Master Prints

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    8 December 2009

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    Lot 75

    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

    A Beggar seated warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish (B., Holl. 173; H. 8)

    Price realised

    GBP 4,750

    Estimate

    GBP 1,500 - GBP 2,500

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    Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn
    A Beggar seated warming his Hands at a Chafing Dish (B., Holl. 173; H. 8)
    etching, circa 1630, without watermark, a good impression of the second, final state, with narrow margins, pale staining in places, a thin spot on the reverse at the left edge, otherwise in very good condition, framed
    P. 77 x 46 mm., S. 80 x 49 mm.

    Provenance

    S. S. Scheikevitch (1842-1908), Moscow & Paris (L. 2367).

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