Beggar with a stick, walking to the left, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar with a stick, walking to the left. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 39 mm; height, sheet, 87 mm, width, sheet, 43 mm, 1631. Signed and dated in the plate, not by Rembrandt. Production Note: I/IV. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B167 I/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-N I/IV; 1955. Lugt; 2849.

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Beggar with a stick, walking to the left. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 39 mm; height, sheet, 87 mm, width, sheet, 43 mm, 1631. Signed and dated in the plate, not by Rembrandt. Production Note: I/IV. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B167 I/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-N I/IV; 1955. Lugt; 2849.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-245
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: 530 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 555.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:18:14

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

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