Peasant family on the tramp, by Rembrandt

An image of Peasant family on the tramp. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 115 mm, width, plate, 93 mm; height, sheet, 126 mm, width, sheet, 103 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B131. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-3. Lugt; 2475.

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Peasant family on the tramp. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 115 mm, width, plate, 93 mm; height, sheet, 126 mm, width, sheet, 103 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B131. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-3. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.40-93
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: 833 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 723.59kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 11:59:31

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17th Century begging cane child children couple destitute destitution Dutch etching families family father Fitz_PDP hats high hat infants male mother peasants poor poverty print relations Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn social commentary society stick tramp walking stick

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