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Female beggar holding out her hand
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Female beggar holding out her hand

anonymous · 1622 - 1670 · etching; paper

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Woman, dressed in rags, seen from the right side, a staff in the right hand, the left hand raised with a coin in it in a begging gesture. This print is part of a series of 25 (?) prints of beggars and vagrants, such as Callot who probably saw them in Italy.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBedelares die haar hand ophoudt. 1622 - 1670. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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