Skip to main content

Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc.: AD.12.39-252

An image of Print

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.

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc.

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Transferred (1876) by Cambridge University Library

Dating

Production date: circa AD 1632

Note

II/II.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 100 mm Width 105 mm
Sheet Height 102 mm Width 108 mm

Techniques used in production

Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 252
  • Location: Upper centre
  • Method of creation: Brown ink
  • Type: Inscription

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: AD.12.39-252
Primary reference Number: 41607
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B363 II/II
Biƶrklund/Barnard: BB32-1 II/II
Old location number: 38.3.8a
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 July 2022 Last processed: Monday 18 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc." Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41607 Accessed: 2024-11-25 05:01:15

Citation for Wikipedia

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

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41607 |title=Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc. |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-25 05:01:15|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/objects/object-41607

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/large_AD_12_39_252_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: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc.</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...