Etching. Ca. 1629.
Size: 115 x 75 mm. Surface: 86 cm2.
Not signed, not dated. Dates vary from 1628 (van Straten) to 1631 (Biörk lund).
Copper Plate
The copperplate was not part of any of the early sales or collections and is almost certainly not in existence.
Rarity of impressions
In auctions (2000-2025): not seen in auctions
In collections (New Hollstein – 2013): extremely rare. Early: 1 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): O-, Unobtainable
Description
This very special etching, of which only one impression is known, is one of the first of a series of beggars and street folk that Rembrandt will draw in later years.
Copies
There is a copy in the same direction by Leopold Flameng in Blanc’s catalogue (1859-61, p. 389 I, 115 x 75 mm, NH, WB).
Attributions and reviews
The plate was made by a pupil according to Seidlitz and Campbell Dodgson.
The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Coppier, Michel and Singer.
States
One state only.
Prints and collections
The only known impression is in the Bibliothèque Nationale. It is printed on the reverse of a unique impression of the 1st state of Seated beggar and his dog (B175-NH 17).
Literature
H 75a, BB 31-15, G 176, M 9, Mz 98, RA 518, Cl 181, W 181, Bl 149, Du 180, CD 291
