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Beggar with a Pot of Smoldering Coals
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Beggar with a Pot of Smoldering Coals

Pieter Jansz Quast · 1634 - 1638 · etching; engraving; paper

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

About this work

A beggar walks, leaning on his staff, to the right. Around his left arm he carries a pot with smoldering coals. In the background, ruins and gallows. The print is part of a series of twenty-six prints of beggars and peasants.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineBedelaar met een pot met smeulende kolen. 1634 - 1638. Pieter Jansz Quast. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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