Beggar with a wooden leg, by Rembrandt

An image of Beggar with a wooden leg. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113 mm, width, plate, 66 mm; height, sheet, 141 mm, width, sheet, 101 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B179 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-4 II/II; 1955.

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Beggar with a wooden leg. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 113 mm, width, plate, 66 mm; height, sheet, 141 mm, width, sheet, 101 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B179 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-4 II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-260
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: 747 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 628.77kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:22 10:11:15

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17th Century beggar beggars begging cloak destitute destitution Dutch etching Fitz_PDP hats leaning leaning forward leg male peasants peg leg poor poverty print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn stick tramp vagabond walking stick wooden leg

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