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Beggar with a Stick, Walking to the Left

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 243
NHD number
NHD 108, V
Notes
Watermark: None.
Attributed to Van Vliet. (Schuckman et al., no. 21b)
Closely trimmed, just preserving the platemark at the top and the two sides, while at the bottom it was completely lost.
Etching by unknown pupil of Rembrandt.
Face and right leg now fully shaded in parallel lines (R.477). (White and Boon)
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed in monogram and dated (not by Rembrandt), "RHL 1631".
Provenance

Cambridge University Library, Cambridge; Theodore Irwin (1827-1902), Oswego, New York; from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900.

Associated names
Irwin, Theodore, 1827-1902, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Bibliography

Schuckman, Christiaan, et al. Rembrandt & Van Vliet : a collaboration on copper. Amsterdam : Museum het Rembrandthuis-Rembrandt Information Centre, 1996, no. 21b.

Classification
Department
Century prints
School