Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
1606-1669
Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick
1646
Etching and drypoint on paper.
82 x 63 mm
RvR 245
NHD number
NHD 229, I
Notes
Watermark: None.
Early impressions were formerly described as a separate state. The etching shows rough plate edges, and the burr of the drypoint prints very strongly in contrast to the pale etched lines, which had yet to absorb the ink. (White and Boon)
Margins: 4-7mm
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 246).
Early impressions were formerly described as a separate state. The etching shows rough plate edges, and the burr of the drypoint prints very strongly in contrast to the pale etched lines, which had yet to absorb the ink. (White and Boon)
Margins: 4-7mm
One of two impressions in the Library (see RvR 246).
Inscriptions/Markings
Signed and dated lower left, "Rembrandt. f 1646".
Provenance
John Heywood Hawkins (1803-1877), London and Bignor Park; Walter Francis, 5th Duke of Buccleuch (1806-1884), London and Dalkeith; George W. Vanderbilt (1862-1914); from whom purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan in 1905.
Associated names
Buccleuch, Walter Francis Scott, Duke of, 1806-1884, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Hawkins, John Heywood, 1803-1877, former owner.
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Vanderbilt, George Washington, 1862-1914, former owner.
Classification
Department
Century prints
School
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