Studies with the head of the artist, a beggar man, woman and child, by Rembrandt

An image of Sheet of studies with the head of the artist, a beggar man, woman and child. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 112 mm, width, plate, 92 mm; height, sheet, 128 mm, width, sheet, 110 mm, possibly 1651. The date on the print is barely legible; it has been read as either 1631 or 1651. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B370 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-F Only state; 1955.

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Sheet of studies with the head of the artist, a beggar man, woman and child. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 112 mm, width, plate, 92 mm; height, sheet, 128 mm, width, sheet, 110 mm, possibly 1651. The date on the print is barely legible; it has been read as either 1631 or 1651. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B370 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-F Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-251
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: 886 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 755.81kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 12:09:29

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17th Century artists beggar beggars begging child children destitute destitution Dutch etching figure studies Fitz_PDP heads infants life study male man mother and child poor portraits poverty print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn self portrait studies study vagabond woman

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