Old Beggar Woman with a Gourd

c. 1630

Rembrandt van Rijn

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

The image is an etching depicting a person in profile view facing left. The person appears to be in motion, with their facial features obscured by shadows. They are wearing a hat, layered clothing, and holding a round object in one hand. The sketchy lines and shading give texture to the clothing. The background is plain, emphasizing the figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 10.4 x 4.7 cm (4 1/8 x 1 7/8 in.)
    sheet: 11.5 x 5.8 cm (4 1/2 x 2 5/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.7075

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 168, State ii/ii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Adam Gottlieb Thiermann [died 159, Berlin (Lugt 2434); Berlin Museum; Lessing Julius Rosenwald (1760b); given to the National Gallery of Art, 1943

Associated Names

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.

1969

  • Rembrandt in the National Gallery of Art [Commemorating the Tercentenary of the Artist's Death], National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1969, no. 66, 63.

1977

  • Seventeenth-Century Dutch Drawings from American Collections, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (not included in tour), 1977.

1995

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

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

  • Heil, Lillian. "Rembrandt, Picasso and Glen Rounds?" Children's Book Review: Brigham Young University 13/5 (1993): 17.

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. (Rembrandt, Erik Hinterding and Jaco Rutgers, authors). Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1996-, no. 40, state ii/ii.

Wikidata ID

Q65024468

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