REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN | A BLIND HURDY-GURDY PLAYER AND FAMILY RECEIVING ALMS (B., HOLL. 176; NEW HOLL. 243; H. 233)

REMBRANDT HARMENSZ. VAN RIJN
1606 - 1669
A BLIND HURDY-GURDY PLAYER AND FAMILY RECEIVING ALMS (B., HOLL. 176; NEW HOLL. 243; H. 233)

Etching and drypoint, 1648, a good impression of New Hollstein's second state (of five), on paper with a partial Strasbourg lily watermark, framed
plate: 165 by 128mm 6½ by 5in
sheet: 166 by 130mm 6½ by 5⅛in

Condition Report:
With thread margins, trimmed along the plate mark at upper edge, in generally good condition, adhered to the mount near upper corners, with mount-staining along the extreme sheet edges, miniscule abrasions in the man's hat and beneath the woman's right foot, a couple of nicks and minute splits in places along the sheet edges (the longest affecting the date, measuring 3mm), framed.

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Provenance:
Ex coll. A. Freiherr von Lanna (L. 2773)