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Beggar seated on a mound
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About this work
This beggar extends his hand for alms and calls out to us. Quite surprisingly, Rembrandt gave this figure his own face. Whether by doing so he identified with the world’s outcasts is unclear. What is certain is that Rembrandt depicted them often in these early years, and unlike his colleagues he did so without scorn or ridicule.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineBedelaar, zittend op een heuveltje. 1630. Rembrandt van Rijn. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
