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Ragged Peasant with His Hands behind Him, Holding a Stick

c. 1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names

Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image shows a person standing. The individual is slightly hunched over with their right hand on their hip and their left hand holding a walking stick. The person has a mustache, closed eyes, and is wearing a cap. They have thick hair peeking from under the cap. The person is wearing a loose-fitting jacket and trousers that appear tattered. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching, with touches of drypoint
Credit Line

Rosenwald Collection
Dimensions

plate: 9 x 6.8 cm (3 9/16 x 2 11/16 in.)
sheet: 9.6 x 7.1 cm (3 3/4 x 2 13/16 in.)
Accession Number

1943.3.7065
Catalogue Raisonné

White/Boon 1969, no. 172, State iv/vi

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Brentano; Boerner; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (Lugt 1760b), purchased from The Meadows; given to the National Gallery of Art 1943

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Exhibition History

1930

Prints and Drawings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1930.
Rembrandt Etchings: Lent by Mr. Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia Art Alliance, 1930.

1932

Etchings by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) from the Collections of Lessing J. Rosenwald, Sears, Roebuck, and Co. Art Galleries, Washington, D.C., 1932.

2006

Strokes of Genius: Rembrandt's Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

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. 47, state vi/ix.

Wikidata ID

Q65024446

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