Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick, by Rembrandt

An image of Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 93 mm, width, plate, 76 mm; height, sheet, 93 mm, width, sheet, 76 mm, circa 1630. Date from Hollstein. Production Note: I/VI. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B172 I/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-7 I/VI; 1955.

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Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 93 mm, width, plate, 76 mm; height, sheet, 93 mm, width, sheet, 76 mm, circa 1630. Date from Hollstein. Production Note: I/VI. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B172 I/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-7 I/VI; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-264
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: 828 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 827.81kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:33:21

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17th Century beggar beggars begging caps cloak destitute destitution drypoint Dutch etching fat Fitz_PDP hats high hat male on foot peasants poor portly poverty print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn stick surface tone tramp vagabond walking walking stick

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