Pupil of Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Beggar with a Stick, Walking to the Left
ca. 1631
Etching on paper.
83 x 39 mm
RvR 242
NHD number
NHD 108, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Attributed to Van Vliet. (Schuckman et al., no. 21a.)
Doubtful, particularly in view of the Lievens-like background, though Münz's attribution to van Vliet is unconvincing. (White and Boon)
Etching by unknown pupil of Rembrandt.
Lower part of face and of right leg unshaded. (White and Boon)
Attributed to Van Vliet. (Schuckman et al., no. 21a.)
Doubtful, particularly in view of the Lievens-like background, though Münz's attribution to van Vliet is unconvincing. (White and Boon)
Etching by unknown pupil of Rembrandt.
Lower part of face and of right leg unshaded. (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated lower left (not by Rembrandt), "RHL 1631".
Provenance
D.G. de Arozarena (ca. 1860), South America and Paris; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Arozarena, D. G. de, 19th cent., former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Bibliography
Schuckman, Christiaan, et al. Rembrandt & Van Vliet : a collaboration on copper. Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis-Rembrandt Information Centre, 1996, no. 21a.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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