Beggar woman leaning on a stick, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar woman leaning on a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 80 mm, width, plate, 63 mm; height, sheet, 80 mm, width, sheet, 63 mm, 1646. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B170 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-A I/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Beggar woman leaning on a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 80 mm, width, plate, 63 mm; height, sheet, 80 mm, width, sheet, 63 mm, 1646. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B170 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-A I/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-249
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: 806 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 744.62kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:25:38

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17th Century aged beggar beggars begging caps destitute destitution drypoint Dutch elderly etching female Fitz_PDP hats leaning leaning forward old old age old lady old woman peasants poor poverty print ragged rags Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn stick tramp vagabond walking stick woman

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