Michal Płoński (1778-1812) - Lot 5

Michal Płoński (1778-1812) Old lady with white bonnet; young reader; old man; beggar with crutch; Dutch peasant with clogs; beggar with stick, circa 1802 Six (6) etchings (2 plates). 29 x 42 cm (each plate). Signed or monogrammed in each plate (except 1), some dated. We enclose 3 modern prints on ivory laid paper: an old woman reading a book, known as "Rembrandt's mother"; a bust of an old man with a beard and an old man in profile. These are plates 1 to 6, 8 and 9 from a collection of 14 engravings by Michal Plonski, published in Amsterdam in 1802, then in Paris around 1806. The old woman reading a book reproduces a painting by Gérard Dou in 1664. [Poland] [Polish art] [sztuka polska]