After Rembrandt van Rijn(Leiden, 15 juli 1606... Lot n° 91

Rembrandt van Rijn after, Old man, (philosopher) in a studyroom, / Description: Rembrandt van Rijn after, Old man (philosopher) in a studyroom. Etching made by an anonymous etcher, 19th century. Printed on watermarked, 1823, thin velin paper. In good condition, good dark impression on thin laid paper on the margins image complete, below left corner made up. Otherwise good. / Dimensions: 15,3 cm x 12,3 cm In good condition, good dark impression on thin laid paper on the margins image complete, below left corner made up. Otherwise good. / Literature: Hollstein 17.II - Preparatory drawing in Oxford . This Breugelesque scene has many hidden content. The Inn is obvious a house of dubious premises, hence the broom stuck out of the window and the lazarusclep (leprosy patients rattle) on the advertising board. Besides the coppulating, fighting, overeating, drinking and vormiting, there is also deception and deceit as with the sitting beggar who pretends to have an amputated leg. The honest beggars however go to the church at left to seek for forgiveness. . With four-line bottom legend in Latin and Dutch 'who once scheme and brought honor to Kercken /, Live above givers in Luijerer Weelden Soft. For an inn called 'D'Laserusclep' is a company carousing beggars around a table, including a musician with hurdy-gurdy, a woman with child in the chest, making love couple, a broke man and a man with a wooden leg. Left a round dance. From the house is "stuck the broom ', indicating that it is a dubious premises. Under the sign of the inn a man and woman, whose husband has trashed valve in hand. Also, on the two signs, each state shows a trashed valve. In the background walk a woman and a man with one leg, "honest beggars", the inn over. They run instead in the direction of the church. Among the print verses in Latin and Dutch. (Source: Rijksmuseum.nl). Hollstein Dutch 18-2(5) etching