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Collection Online as of November 28, 2023

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

1648

Rembrandt van Rijn

(Dutch, 1606–1669)

Netherlands

Etching, with engraving and drypoint

Support: Beige(1) laid paper

Sheet: 16.8 x 13 cm (6 5/8 x 5 1/8 in.); Platemark: 16.6 x 12.8 cm (6 9/16 x 5 1/16 in.)

Anonymous Gift 1977.113

Catalogue raisonné: Hollstein 176 (XVIII.86)

State: i/iii

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

lower right, in plate: Rembrandt. f. 1648. ; VERSO, upper right, in graphite: 4987[sideways] ; lower half, in graphite: Superb impression of theis masterpiece / Professor Legros says that this is Rembrndt's / best plate. / From the unidentified / collection. Fagen 263 / (white stamp on face of print) ; lower left, in graphite: A79349 ; lower center, in pen and brown ink: t

Exhibition history

Year in Review: 1977. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1977-January 22, 1978).

Prints by Rembrandt and His Circle. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-May 25, 1984).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1977.113