Sheet of studies, fragment showing the beggar, by Rembrandt

An image of Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc. Fragment, showing the beggar, inverted, to the left of the artist's head. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height 40 mm, width 24 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B363 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-1 II/II; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc. Fragment, showing the beggar, inverted, to the left of the artist's head. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height 40 mm, width 24 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B363 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-1 II/II; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

Image data

Accession Number: AD.12.39-349
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: 643 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 611.69kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 11:33:33

Key words

17th Century beggar beggars begging destitute destitution Dutch etching figure studies Fitz_PDP fragment male poor poverty print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn studies study tramp vagabond

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:


            The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024)
            "Sheet of studies, fragment showing the beggar, by Rembrandt"
            Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-213353 Accessed: 2024-11-25 19:34:18

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:


            {{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-213353
            |title=Sheet of studies, fragment showing the beggar, by Rembrandt
            |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 19:34:18|publisher=The
            University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-213353

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp81/AD_12_39_349_1_201802_sjc288_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc."
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Sheet of studies, fragment showing the beggar, by Rembrandt</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>