The copperplate was not part of any of the early collections or sales 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: 5 ⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿⦿
Catalogue Nowell-Usticke (1967): O, Of the greatest rarity.
Story
Acts of the Apostles (3, verses 1-10)
Peter and John met a lame beggar at the entrance of the temple. When asked for money Peter tells the crippled man that they cannot give him silver or gold, but that they can heal him in the name of Christ.
Picture
Instead of showing the miraculous healing itself Rembrandt portrays the moment they speak to the beggar. Thirty years later Rembrandt would use the same subject in his last etching with a biblical subject (B 94).
Animal Farm
B 95 – Peter and John at the gate of the temple: roughly etched – Detail –Albertina
It seems that a dog is leaning with its legs at the arm of the crippled,who is ready to stroke it.
Related
There is a preparatory drawing in black chalk of St. Peter making the same gesture (in reverse), made in the same year, now in the Kupferstichkabinett in Dresden (Benesch 12).
Attributions and reviews
The plate is not by Rembrandt according to Coppier, Rovinsky and Singer.
According to Blanc, this print is by Lievens.
States
All authors list one state only.
Prints and collections
The five known impressions of this print are in the British Museum, the Rijksmuseum, the Bibliothèque Nationale and two in the Albertina, of which one with Peter’s head only. *
Watermarks
Strasbourg lily.
Literature
H 5, BB 29-2, G 94, M 249, Mz 188, RA 303, Cl 98, W 99, Bl 65, Du 98, CD 20 Rembrandt creates Rembrandt, p. 86-87. Hinterding 2006, p. 70;