Rijksmuseum

Bedelaar die zijn handen warmt

Date

c. 1630

Medium

paper

Institution

Rijksmuseum

The winters of 1629 and 1630 were not extremely cold, but if you lived on the street you had to protect yourself from the low temperatures, for instance with a brazier. Rembrandt keenly observed these rough sides of life, as well as the leprosy sufferer who uses a rattle to warn bystanders of his contagious affliction.

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