Caption

Old beggar woman with a gourd, print, printmaker: Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1629, paper, etching, height 104 mm x width 48 mm, A tall ink drawing of a person standing and facing slightly left, wearing a long, layered dress with detailed crosshatched shading and a fur or textured shawl around the shoulders, a bonnet or hat with a brim and textured top, and holding a round, textured bag or muff that hangs by a strap; the figure's hands are partially obscured by dark, heavily inked areas, and the lower hem of the skirt shows frayed or uneven edges and visible footwear beneath; the image is framed by a simple rectangular border and rendered on a textured, aged paper background with smudges and faint marks.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A93_385

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56.9Mb (6.6Mb) / 10.4in x 21.4in / 3105 x 6407 (300dpi)

Keywords

Old beggar woman gourd print printmaker Rembrandt van Rijn c 1629 paper etching height 104 mm x width 48 mm tall ink drawing person standing facing slightly left wearing long layered dress detailed crosshatched shading fur textured shawl shoulders bonnet hat brim textured top holding round textured bag muff hangs strap figure's hands partially obscured dark heavily inked areas lower hem skirt frayed uneven edges visible footwear beneath image framed simple rectangular border rendered textured aged paper background smudges faint marks