Beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 156 mm, width, plate, 120 mm; height, sheet, 160 mm, width, sheet, 122 mm, circa 1630-1631. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B162 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-1 Only state.

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Beggar in a high cap, standing and leaning on a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 156 mm, width, plate, 120 mm; height, sheet, 160 mm, width, sheet, 122 mm, circa 1630-1631. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B162 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-1 Only state.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-239
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 689.27kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 12:07:53

Key words

17th Century beggar beggars begging caps destitute destitution Dutch etching Fitz_PDP hats high hat leaning leaning forward male peasants poor poverty print ragged rags Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn stick surface tone tramp vagabond walking stick

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