Beggar with a Wooden Leg

c. 1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a full-length figure of a person standing with crutches. The person appears to have a beard and indistinct facial features. The hair is unclear, blending into a head covering. The person wears loose, layered clothing with a rough texture. No jewelry is visible. The figure is holding crutches. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 11.5 x 6.8 cm (4 1/2 x 2 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.158

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 179, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Johann Wilhelm Nahl (Lugt 1954); Frederik Ferdinand Hansen (Lugt 2813); Eldridge R. Johnson [1867-1945], Moorestown, NJ; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b) purchased from Parke-Bernet through Rosenbach 1946; given to the National Gallery of Art 1946

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Imitation and Invention: Old Master Prints and Their Sources, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1923

  • Hind, Arthur M. A Catalogue of Rembrandt's Etchings. London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1923.

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 49, state iii/iv.

Wikidata ID

Q65082002

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