271 - Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606, Leiden – Amsterdam, 1669), Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended.

Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606, Leiden – Amsterdam, 1669), Nude Man Seated on the Ground with One Leg Extended. Etching and engraving on laid paper, watermark fragment “Pot.” (1646). 10.5 x 17.2 cm (sheet). Bartsch 196; White/Boon 196 II (of II); Hinterding/Rutgers (The New Hollstein) 234 II (of III). Provenance: William Esdaile (1758–1837), London, with his handwritten collector’s mark on the reverse (Lugt 2617). A fine, rich, and dark impression of New Hollstein’s second state (of three), printed with a light plate tone, featuring inky plate edges and the fine vertical wiping scratches—particularly beneath the man and his leg—characteristic of early impressions. With small margins. Rembrandt probably had more apprentices than any other Dutch painter of the 17th century. In his *Groote Schouburgh*, Arnold Houbraken describes an attic on Amsterdam’s Bloemgracht that Rembrandt rented for his pupils to draw and paint from life. Drawings from Rembrandt’s circle in the Albertina, Vienna, suggest that the master himself also participated in these studies of the nude. In 1646, three etchings, including the present seated male nude, were produced after the same model. – In good condition. Taxation: subject to regular taxation (VAT: Regular Taxation).