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Kneeling Beggar
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Kneeling Beggar

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 kneeling beggar without feet leans on a staff while begging with his hat. In the background, a vagrant beats two children away from him with a staff. The print is part of a series of twenty-six prints of beggars and peasants.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Subjects
printwalking-stick, staffdisabilities, deformationsbeggar
Credit lineGeknielde bedelaar. 1634 - 1638. Pieter Jansz Quast. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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