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Beggar woman with a muff and a staff
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Beggar woman with a muff and a staff

Jacques Callot · 1622 - 1623 · 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 front, blind in one eye, left hand in a muff, supporting herself with a staff in the right hand. 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
Subjects
printmuffwalking-stick, staffblind, blindnessbeggar
Credit lineBedelares met een mof en een stok. 1622 - 1623. Jacques Callot. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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