Rare-Antique Master Print-PORTRAIT-BEGGAR-WOMAN-TOOTHLESS-Schmidt-Rembrandt-1755

A portrait of a toothless old beggar woman. She wears a cloth headdress and has a bared shoulder. She looks at the artist with pity-inducing eyes, and holds a begging hand out.

Made by G.F. Schmidt after Rembrandt.

Medium: Etching / engraving on hand laid (verge) paper.

Sheet size: 10 x 13 cm (3.94 x 5.12 inch). Image size: 9.5 x 12.3 cm. (3.74 x 4.84 inch).

Condition: good, given age. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

PORTRAIT-BEGGAR-WOMAN-TOOTHLESS | PCO-C104-39

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

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Biography engraver: Georg Friedrich Schmidt (Schonerlinde 1712 – Berlin 1775) was a German engraver and designer. He studied art under Busch and later Larmessin in Paris. In 1757 he was summoned to Saint Petersburg to engrave the portrait of Empress Elizabeth. His etching and engraving style (in the manner of Rembrandt) gained him great recognition and is ranked among the best work in Germany at the time. He created ca. 200 etchings and engravings in his lifetime.