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Beggar woman leaning on a stick

Print
1646 (made)
Artist/Maker
Rembrandt Van Rijn (artist)
Place of origin
Amsterdam (made)

Etching and drypoint depicting an old woman leaning on a stick, with her hand out begging.

Object details

Category
Prints
Object type
print
TitleBeggar woman leaning on a stick (published title)
Materials and techniques
Etching and drypoint
Paper
Printing Ink
Etching (Printing Process)
Drypoint
Brief description
Etching and drypoint by Rembrandt van Rijn, 'Beggar woman leaning on a stick'. Amsterdam, 1646.
Physical description
Etching and drypoint depicting an old woman leaning on a stick, with her hand out begging.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.2cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
  • Width: 6.3cm (Note: Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue)
Style
Dutch School
Marks and inscriptions
'Rembrandt.f 1646'

Note
Signed and dated
Credit line
Bequeathed by Constantine Alexander Ionides
Object history
C.A. Ionides Bequest.
Subject depicted
Woman
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from V&A Internal Catalogue
  • Bartsch, Adam von. Catalogue raisonné de toutes les estampes qui forment l'oeuvre de Rembrandt (Vienna, 1797). B.170
  • White, Christopher and Boon, Karel G. Rembrandt's Etchings: An Illustrated Critical Catalogue in Two Volumes, I. Text. (Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co; London: A. Zwemmer Ltd., 1969).
  • Blanc, Charles, L'oeuvre complet de Rembrandt, décrit et commenté, (Paris, 1859-61).
  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923).
  • Biörklund George. Rembrandt's Etchings, True and False: A Summary Catalogue in a Distinctive Chronological Order and Completely Illustrated, (Stockholm, London & Paris, 1955) (2nd ed. 1968).
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CAI.674

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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