Beggar seated warming his hands at a chafing dish, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar seated warming his hands at a chafing dish. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 77 mm, width, plate, 46 mm; height, sheet, 78 mm, width, sheet, 47.5 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II.

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Beggar seated warming his hands at a chafing dish. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 77 mm, width, plate, 46 mm; height, sheet, 78 mm, width, sheet, 47.5 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-252
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: 630 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 629.41kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:34:30

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17th Century beggar beggars begging brazier caps chafing dish cloak destitute destitution Dutch etching Fitz_PDP hats high hat leaning leaning forward male peasants poor poverty print ragged rags Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated sitting stick tramp vagabond walking stick warm warming hands

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