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Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick by Rembrandt

Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt · 1624

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DETAILS
Artist
Rembrandt
Date
1624
Medium
Etching, New Holl. second state of two
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Dimensions
Sheet: 6 1/8 × 4 5/8 in. (15.5 × 11.8 cm)
Collection
Drawings and Prints
Credit line
Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941
ART MOVEMENTS
Dutch Golden Age painting
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Rembrandt

1606–1669 · Dutch Republic

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