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Beggar in a High Cap Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van RijnLinkedCulture matchlcp-d6807541bb3d

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Rembrandt's Beggar in a High Cap Leaning on a Stick takes the work of Jacques Callot as a point of departure. Callot treated similar subjects on similar scale. Rembrandt added reckless energy to the calligraphic line employed by Callot. He provides us with a less sanitized view of the man, while also endowing him with individual humanity. The image appears completely spontaneous and unedited, as though we were looking at a page from Rembrandt’s sketchbook. However, closer observation reveals that he rethought his drawing. Originally the shadow beside the man would have impinged more fully on his form, but the truncated strokes of the zigzag lines tell us that Rembrandt partially masked his work with varnish before biting the plate in acid. In doing so, he released the man from the shadow to increase his monumentality. Netherlands, Europe

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Minneapolis Institute of Art’s catalogue record

Dated: c. 1630
Artist: Rembrandt van Rijn
Department: European Art
Credit: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Medium: Etching

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A figure wearing a turban and cloak stands on a sloped surface.

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Object ID: 108009
Object Type: Prints
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Classification” · the first available of several museum fields
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Object Name” · the first available of several museum fields
Creator: Rembrandt van Rijn
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Artist” · copied as is
Medium: Etching
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Medium” · copied as is
Department: European Art
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Department” · copied as is
Credit Line: Gift of Ruth and Bruce Dayton
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Credit” · copied as is
Date: c. 1630
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · copied as is
Begin Year: 1630
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field
End Year: 1630
Minneapolis Institute of Art field “Dated” · derived by LinkedCulture from the museum field

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