Old beggar woman with a gourd, by Rembrandt

An image of Old beggar woman with a gourd. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 98 mm, width, plate, 46 mm; height, sheet, 98 mm, width, sheet, 46 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B168 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-16 II/II.

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Old beggar woman with a gourd. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 98 mm, width, plate, 46 mm; height, sheet, 98 mm, width, sheet, 46 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B168 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-16 II/II.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-309
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 507 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 505.68kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 11:21:23

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17th Century aged beggar beggars begging caps destitute destitution Dutch elderly etching female Fitz_PDP gourd hats old old age old lady old woman peasants poor poverty print ragged rags Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn tramp vagabond woman

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