Skip to main content

Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick: 23.K.5-251

An image of Print
View image details

Terms of use

The low-resolution images published on this Website are made available under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY-NC-ND). For more details: Fitzwilliam Terms of Use

This licence does not include any images of works that are still in copyright. Artistic copyright extends from the life of the artist to 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the artist died.

Download this image

For further information on use of images or to license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who can discuss terms and fees.

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

Entities

Categories

Description

A rotund man wearing ragged clothes and a floppy hat with straps stands with his hands behind his back, holding a stick; facing front and looking down, head tilted slightly towards the right.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1816) by Fitzwilliam, Richard, 7th Viscount

Dating

1630s
Production date: circa AD 1630 : Date from Hollstein

Note

IV/VI.

School or Style

Dutch

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of laid paper
Plate Height 92 mm Width 68 mm
Sheet Height 92 mm Width 68 mm

Techniques used in production

Drypoint
Etching

Identification numbers

Accession number: 23.K.5-251
Primary reference Number: 41471
Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish): B172 IV/VI
Biörklund/Barnard: BB30-7 IV/VI
Old location number: 38.2.24e

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Wednesday 15 October 2025

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 (2025) "Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/41471 Accessed: 2025-12-21 13:44:17

Citation for Wikipedia

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

{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/41471 |title=Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2025-12-21 13:44:17|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://collection.beta.fitz.ms/api/v1/objects/object-41471

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/pdp81/23_K_5_251_1_201801_sjc288_dc2.jpg"
        alt="Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">Ragged peasant with his hands behind him, holding a stick</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...

University of Cambridge Museums logo
Cambridge City Council logo
Arts Council England Logo
Research England logo