Beggar man and woman behind a bank, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar man and woman behind a bank. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 98.5 mm, width, plate, 67 mm; height, sheet, 100 mm, width, sheet, 68 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: VI/IX. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B165 VI/IX. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-5 VI/IX.

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Beggar man and woman behind a bank. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 98.5 mm, width, plate, 67 mm; height, sheet, 100 mm, width, sheet, 68 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: VI/IX. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B165 VI/IX. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-5 VI/IX.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-242
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: 705 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 780.88kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:11:58

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17th Century aged bank bearded beards beggar beggars begging caps couple destitute destitution Dutch elderly engraving etching female Fitz_PDP hats male man old old age old lady old man old woman peasants pensioners poor poverty print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn tramp vagabond woman

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