Minneapolis Institute of Art

Beggar in a High Cap, Standing and Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date

1630 (?)

Medium

Etching

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

As a young man, Rembrandt made many etchings of beggars and other denizens of the streets. They would come to inform the figures populating his complex biblical images. Notice two major precepts of Rembrandt's printmaking: He treated the copper etching plate as if it were a sketchpad, and he drew informally and intuitively, rejecting the formulaic approach taken by many professional printmakers. Netherlands, Europe

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