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Depictions of Beggars and Peasants

A collection of artistic etchings showing beggars and peasants in various poses, characterized by muted tones and detailed clothing, reflecting the struggles of lower-class life.

Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, Standing figures, Figure seen from the back with hands in pockets, verso lower left - stamped, print, prent, prints, height 97 mm, width 73 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, papier, etching, etchings
Leiden, Vliet, Jan Georg van, Standing figures, Figure seen from the back with hands in pockets, verso lower left - stamped, print, prent, prints, height 97 mm, width 73 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1610 - 1668, print maker, printmaker, 1635 - 1635, paper, papier, etching, etchings
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Standing figure of a young man with a cloak around him. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Draughtsman: Gerard ter Borch (I) (possibly). Dating: 15-Jul-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 215 mm × w 165 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Man Leaning on a Spade, 1855-56. Jean-François Millet (French, 1814-1875). Etching;From Eaton. Artist: Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg (French, Strasbourg 1740-1812 London). Dimensions: plate: 6 5/16 x 4 3/4 in. (16 x 12 cm)sheet: 8 1/8 x 5 3/8 in. (20.7 x 13.7 cm). Publisher: R. Sayer and J. Bennett (London). Date: December 8, 1776. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Beggar Eating. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: after Jacques Callot.Standing Cavalier Wearing a Sword. Dated: c. 1615. Dimensions: overall (approximate): 20 x 9.9 cm (7 7/8 x 3 7/8 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over traces of black chalk and graphite. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Willem Buytewech.Fisherman with a fishing rod and a bag, to the left, Harmen ter Borch, 1652, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 27-Jan-1652, paper, brush, h 106 mm × w 80 mmMan Standing, seen frombehind. Artist: Remigio Cantagallina, Italian, 1582/83-1656Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802, British, Figure Costume Study of Henry VIII, between 1793 and 1795. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.Boy with a butterfly net puts a butterfly on his hat, Lionel Oscar Baes, 1849 - 1909 print paper etching / drypoint hunting butterfliesMan with vast arms, Adrianus van der Koogh, 1806 - 1831 drawing paper. chalkPrint made by James Bretherton, ca. 1730-1806, British, Inimitable Mr. James Moss, 1773. Etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper.Sitting man, Abraham Delfos, 1741 - 1820 drawing paper. ink. pencil pen / brushRosa, Salvator, work, A soldier sitting on the ground listening to his comrade's speech, (1000 - 2000), etching, graphics, sheet width 9, 6 cm, leaf height 14.1 cmYoung Walking Boerin, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, After 1635 - 1669 print Woman based on a stick, a basket in the right hand; turn to the right. Utrecht paper engraving the ages of man (+ young female (human being))Untitled: Dwarf painting, Arthur Pond, ca. 1705-1758, British, after Annibale Carracci, 1560-1609, Italian, 1740, Sheet: 12 x 8 1/8in. (30.5 x 20.6cm)Woman with apron and a basket, to the left. Draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch (mentioned on object). Dating: 25-Oct-1651. Place: Zwolle. Measurements: h 162 mm × w 107 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Francisco de Goya, Old Woman on a Swing, 1824 1828 Old Woman on a SwingMan with cloak; Standing figures. .A Poor Old Woman 1742 Anne Claude Philippe de Tubières, comte de Caylus French. A Poor Old Woman 398283Mans figure, leaning on a chair.Epirota, in or before 1558 Man shipped from Pyreneën, met Boog, Zwaard en Knuppel, Lopend Naar Links. Prent shipped album "different nations age. Venice paper engraving Man shipped from Pyreneën, met Boog, Zwaard en Knuppel, Lopend Naar Links. Prent shipped album "different nations age. Venice paper engravingBeggar in Profile, Facing Right, 1787, Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine, Polish, (born France), 1745-1830, 4 1/8 x 2 11/16 in. (10.4 x 6.9 cm) (image)4 5/8 x 3 1/8 in. (11.8 x 8 cm) (sheet), Etching and drypoint on woven Japan, Poland, 18th century, Jean-Pierre Norblin de la Gourdaine was a French painter and printmaker active in Poland in the late 18th century. Norblin's charming miniature etchings, representing mostly male heads, street sellers, and vagabonds, reflect both in subject and technique the profound influence of Rembrandt's prints. Norblin was also drawn to Polish subjects, capturing the unfamiliar, exotic world around him in his depictions of men with colossal fur hats and curled moustaches, Cossacks, and Polish historical figures.Georgin, work, drawing, 20.1 cm x 17.4 cmJacques Callot, Duellist with Sword and Dagger, c 1622 Duellist with Sword and DaggerJoshua. Artist: Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, San Matteo della Decima 1734-1802 Bologna). Dimensions: 16-5/8 x 12-7/16 in. (42.3 x 31.6 cm). Date: 1779. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.The man with the fire arrow; Vreden is better as victory; The general joy to the intake of names by Stadholder Willem III, King of England, September 1695. A man puts a fire arrow with a wick. The print is part of a series of eight prints made in response to the conquest of names by the Allies on 5 September 1695.Francisco de Goya (1746-1828), and one burns his house, 1797-1798La Mendainte au Rosaire (The Beggar with a Rosary), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons) ca. 1623 Jacques Callot French. La Mendainte au Rosaire (The Beggar with a Rosary), from Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons (The Beggars, also called the Barons). Les Gueux suite appelée aussi Les Mendiants, Les Baroni, ou Les Barons. Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592-1635 Nancy). ca. 1623. Etching; first state of two (Lieure). PrintsA Rustic Carrying Ducks, James Ward, 1769-1859, British, undated, Gray wash over graphite on medium, smooth, cream wover paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches (16.5 x 11.7 cm), ducks, landscape, rustic landscapeDancing Fool, Pieter Jansz Quast (Possible), After Pieter Jansz Quast, 1639 - 1706 print Dancing fool with a hat with feathers on the head and a dagger to his waist. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with fools. print maker: Netherlandsafter design by: Netherlandspublisher: Amsterdam paper etching / engraving fool, simpleton, numskull. head-gear (+ feathers used for clothes). man dancing aloneTinker; Rapacki, Józef (1871-1929), Wierzbicki B. and S-ka (Warsaw; Graphic Zady; 1897-1944), Bibljoteka of the Polish House (Warsaw; Nak ADCA; 1903-1930); 1926 (1926-00-00-1926-00-00);Warsaw (Masovian Voivodeship), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944), Witke-Jeżewski, Dominik (1862-1944)-collection, gift (provenance), wires, Polish graphics, Poland (culture), genre scenes, types genreKneeling, and Profile. .Della Bella, Stefano (dit Étienne de la Belle) (n.1610-05-18-D.1664-08-22), a Polish holding his ax with the left hand (A. de Vesme 281. Dutuit 20) (title main). Etching. Petit Palais, Museum of Fine Arts of the City of Paris.François Joullain after Claude Gillot, La Révéranse d'Arlequin, c 1730 La Révéranse d'ArlequinDrawing (Italy)FACE, Conrad Lauwers, after Joos van Craesbeeck, 1700 - 1799 print In a window is a farmer with a high hat on the head. Glasses are attached to the hat. The man seems to look through a jug without a bottom. Three figures on a hill in the background. An imagination of sight, one of the five senses. Antwerp paper etching head-gear: cap (+ men's clothes). eyeglasses, spectacles. sight, looking (one of the five senses). container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vaseStanding man with poultry on a stick, Grégoire Huret (Possible), 1616 - 1670 print paper engraving fowl (cock, hen, chicken, etc.). walking-stick, staffLe mendiant lunatique , Mentally ill persons, Beggars, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria, inventor: Annibale Carracci, Ironware merchant (23), (1000 - 2000), technique text: line etching, graphics, plate width 19.4 cm, plate height 28.1 cmMercenary Soldier in a Landscape. Date/Period: Ca. 1515. Drawing. Pen and brown ink. Height: 145 mm (5.70 in); Width: 108 mm (4.25 in). Author: Circle of Wolf Huber.View of a square with a picture vendor with a cloak and a hat. In both hands he holds bundles of prints, around his neck a print depicting Mary with child, Prentverkoper, draughtsman: anonymous, Annibale Carracci, c. 1600 - c. 1699, paper, h 283 mm × w 188 mmPencil drawing by Georg Philipp Rugendas depicting a man looking downward holding clothing, emphasizing gesture and figure.BERTHOLDE, of Bertagnona, the Prime Minister of Alboin, king of the Lombards 168-572 (Northern Italy) Date: 6th century'Allegory of Painting'. Holland, 16th-17th century. Dimensions: 15x17 cm. Museum: State Hermitage, St. Petersburg. Author: ABRAHAM BLOEMAERT.Saint John the Baptist holding his folded robe ca. 1641 Stefano della Bella Italian. Saint John the Baptist holding his folded robe 397411Vomiting man, Pieter Jansz. Quast, Frederik de Wit, 1639 - 1706Decor project for a neo-renaissance stained glass: military. (Dummy title)François-André Vincent, French (1746-1816), A Gentleman Standing with His Arms Crossed, black chalk on 2 joined sheets of laid paperCacique of Darien, Colombia, drawing by Andre Rixens (1846-1924) from a sketch of the author, Voyage a la Nouvelle Grenade, 1869, by Charles Saffray (1833-1890), from Il Giro del mondo (World Tour), Journal of geography, travel and costumes, Volume IV, Issue 19, October 5, 1876.L'Abbé Louis en Contrebandier. Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879). France, 1833. Prints; lithographs. LithographPortrait of Lech in a representative costume and in the Crown, according to the woodcut from: "Chronicle of Poland" (Chronica Polonorum), Maciej Miechowita, Kraków 1521, p. I; Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), 1830-1884 (1830-00-00-1884-00-00);Lech (figure of the legend), Lech (figure of the legend) - iconography, Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884), Lesser, Aleksander (1814-1884) - collections, Lesser, Lesser, Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935), Lesser , Wiktor Stanisław Zygmunt (Baron - 1853-1935) - collection, Miechowita, Maciej (1457-1523). Polish chronicle, gift (provenance), copies, copies of engravings, personalities, portraitsBliżej Kultury Kiebisiński, Kajetan Wincenty (1808 1849), Jaroczyński, Marian Jakub Ignacy (1819 1901), Żupański, Jan Konstanty (1804 1883)Farmer sitting by a fire, anonymous, after Adriaen van Ostade, 1670 - 1850 drawing A farmer, sitting by the fire, lights his pipe with a fire tong. paper. ink pen / brush pipe ~ tobacco (+ taking (particular) foodstuffs: eating, drinking, smoking, chewing, etc.). fire-tongs. farmers. sitting figureBeheading of John the Baptist. Dated: c. 1627. Medium: etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Rembrandt van Rijn and Studio of Rembrandt van Rijn.Screaming sailor (Dutuit 34, Weigel 34) Van Haeften, Nicolas. Crying sailor (Dutuit 34, Weigel 34). Etching. 1694-1694.Tomasso Aniello, Anonymous, 1647 - 1700 print Portrait of Tomasso Aniello or Massaniello, the fisherman who was in charge of Napolitan uprising in 1647. paper etching / engravingSeated, drawing man (Gerard the Younger), Harmen ter Borch, 1650, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, (possibly), 13-Jan-1650, paper, h 154 mm × w 139 mmBeggar with reversed hat, G. van Citters, c. 1750 - c. 1800 print Netherlands paper etching BeginGuitar player next to a ton. .Branche man; Standing figures, small size. A branching man, a boar on his feet.Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento (1754-1838) Pierre-Paul Prud'hon (1758-1823). Portrait of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, Prince of Benevento (1754-1838). Charcoal or black stone and chalk rehabilitation.Mei. De twaalf maanden van het jaar (series title). Draughtsman: anonymous. Dating: 1600 - 1699. Measurements: h 138 mm × w 95 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Bliżej Kultury Kiebisiński, Kajetan Wincenty (1808 1849), Jaroczyński, Marian Jakub Ignacy (1819 1901), Żupański, Jan Konstanty (1804 1883)Man in a Cloak and Fur Cap, Leaning against a Bank. Artist: Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) (Dutch, Leiden 1606-1669 Amsterdam). Dimensions: Sheet: 4 9/16 × 3 1/4 in. (11.6 × 8.3 cm)Plate: 4 7/16 × 3 1/8 in. (11.3 × 8 cm). Date: ca. 1630. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.Boy about to throw a ball, Harmen ter Borch, 1651, draughtsman: Harmen ter Borch, (mentioned on object), Zwolle, 21-Feb-1651, paper, brush, h 83 mm × w 64 mmDordrecht, Hoolaart, Jacob, Standing man by a barrel, print, prints, height 50 mm, width 31 mm, 1713-01-29 - 1789-04-02, print maker, printmaker, 1728 - 1879, paper, papier, etching, etchingsEngeltje with Lint, Pieter van Avont, 1630 - 1652 print Angel with ribbon. Print from a series of 24 prints with angels or children. paper etching / engraving angelsBoy on clogs with a basket, François Joseph Pfeiffer (II), 1788 - 1835 drawing paper. chalkChair seller, 1660 print A street seller, walking to the left, bearing three thatched seats on his back. Italian fresh in the lower margin. The print is part of an album. paper etching street-trader. stool. 'cris de Paris', cries of London, etc.Dwarf with sword, a button row on the belly, Jacques Callot, 1621 - 1625 print Dwarf, seen on the right side, with a big belly over which a row of knots runs, a hat with feathers on the head, the right hand on the hilt of his sword. This print is part of a series of 21 prints with grotesque figures; Almost all of those figures are dwarfs, many are bought. Nancy paper etching / engraving little people. hacking and thrusting weapons: swordMan with turban in profile; Standing figures. For a city there is a man in oriental clothing with a turban on the head. He has the hands on the back. A dagger on his hip. The print is part of a series of twelve prints with standing figures.Eugène Delacroix, A Lord from the Period of Francis I (Un Seigneur de temps de François Ier), 1833 A Lord from the Period of Francis I (Un Seigneur de temps de François Ier)Zomer, Frederick Bloemaert, After Abraham Bloemaert, 1632 - 1670 print A mower with a scythe in his hand points to the field. paper engraving summer, 'Aestas'; 'Estate' (Ripa). agricultural implements: scytheRelease of Mazas Prison Armand Gautier (1825-1894). Release of Mazas Prison. Feather and black ink, black ink lavis, watercolor white paper, 1871. Paris, Carnavalet museum.Junk pot playing boy, draughtsman: Anna van N.H., 1637, parchment (animal material), h 280 mm × w 225 mmBagpipe player, Anonymous, Cornelis Bloemaert (II), After Abraham Bloemaert, 1655 - 1690 print A farmer with a large flap hat plays the bagpipe. With two -way fresh in Dutch. Amsterdam paper engraving hurdy-gurdy playerMan with a broken sword, Jan Gerritsz Swelinck, 1627 print A man stands on a dune top and looks at the broken sword in his hands. Two pieces are on the floor. In the background view of the sea. Flames and a stylized lightning bolt come from a dark cloud. print maker: Amsterdampublisher: Rotterdam paper engraving / letterpress printing hacking and thrusting weapons: swordSmoking farmer, Jan Matham (attributed to), after Jan Matham, after Adriaen Brouwer, after Adriaen Pietersz van de Venne, 1628 - 1648 print A farmer, standing in an interior, lights his pipe with a candle. A bagpipe hangs on his hip. Next to him are a jug and a barrel and in front of his feet is a cat with boy. An image hangs on the wall behind him. Haarlem paper engraving / etching pipe ~ tobacco. candle. farmers. container of ceramics: jar, jug, pot, vase. catOctober, Anonymous, 1600 - 1699 drawing paper brush October and its 'labours'The sense of smell. A man, fur cap on head, holds a pewter beer jug. In left hand he holds a pipe, Smell The Smell The Five Senses (series title), print maker: Pieter Pickaert, Amsterdam, 1680 - 1715, paper, h 126 mm × w 98 mmLittle boy with a scythe, from Premier Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France, inventées en 1757, par Mr. Boucher (First Book of Figures after porcelains from the Manufacture Royale de France, devised in 1757, by Mr. Boucher) 1757 Pierre Etienne Falconet French. Little boy with a scythe, from Premier Livre de Figures d'après les porcelaines de la Manufacture Royale de France, inventées en 1757, par Mr. Boucher (First Book of Figures after porcelains from the Manufacture Royale de France, devised in 1757, by Mr. Boucher) 413982Street vendor of eyewear, print maker: Jacob Plügger, intermediary draughtsman: Hendrik Numan, Netherlands, 1805 - 1871, paper, h 93 mm - w 80 mmGiuseppe Bernardino Bison, Satyr, Seated on a Rock, Seen from Behind, 1790s, black chalk, pen and ink, and brown wash with white heightenings on brown laid paper.Standing man in mind, Pieter van Loon, 1811 - 1873 drawing paper. pencil brushA drawing on 18th-century parchment by an anonymous artist depicting a jester with red brushwork, green and gold highlights, and a decorative border.Shipwright or ship's carpenter standing on a scaffold driving wedges into the stern of a ship with a wooden trunnel. At his feet, his auger, axe and punch. Woodblock engraving from The Book of English Trades, or Library of Useful Arts, F.C.& J. Rivington, London, 1821.Portraits of Pier Francesco Mola and Niccolo Simonelli, seen from the back, Portraits of Pier Francesco Mola and Niccolo Simonelli, draughtsman: Pier Francesco Mola, draughtsman: Niccolo Simonelli, (rejected attribution), 27-Feb-1649, paper, pen, brush, h 220 mm × w 156 mmStanding woman with basket on the head, from the front. Draughtsman: Pieter van Loon. Dating: 1840. Measurements: h 199 mm × w 154 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Standing farmer with hands on the back. Mirror-image copy to the Print of the same name from Rembrandt.Night watchman Norblin, Jan Piotr (1745 1830)Amsterdam, Ploos van Amstel, Cornelis, Drinking man sitting on a barrel, verso - stamped, A man puts a jug to his mouth while sitting on a barrel., print, engraving, prints, engravings, height 62 mm, width 52 mm, Noord-Nederlands, 1726-01-04 - 1798-12-20, print maker, printmaker, 1736 - 1798, paper, papier, etching, etchings, roulette. .Bubble-blowing child with skull, sitting in a niche. Draughtsman: Elias van Nijmegen. Dating: 1677 - 1755. Measurements: h 328 mm × w 210 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.The Masculine Gender February 2, 1787 Attributed to Henry Kingsbury British. The Masculine Gender 392286Proofs for Four Plates of 'Alfabeto in Sogno' Dream Alphabet: Letter E, Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, 1634 - 1718, Engraving, brush and watercolor, red crayon on white laid paper, Central image of a page holding a plate with a fish that forms the letter E with smaller drawings of two women's heads, four details of women's heads, and an elephant., Bologna, Italy, 1683, ornament, Print, PrintUntitled Salvator Rosa (Italian, 1615-1673). Untitled. Etching, Sheet: 11 7/8 x 17 9/16 in. (30.2 x 44.6 cm). European ArtStanding female carnival figure, with mask. Draughtsman: Samuel Jessurun de Mesquita. Dating: 1878 - 1944. Measurements: h 292 mm × w 230 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.Man with a lute. A man plays the lute sitting on a bench against a wall. In addition to him a saber.The East Indies, 1695, Cornelis Dusart, 1695 - 1704 print Drunk sailor with a bottle and a hat in hand. A ship at sea in the background. The print is part of a series of eight prints made in response to the conquest of names by the Allies on 5 September 1695. paper festivities on events of national importance. drunkardLes deux mendiants , Beggars, Trees, Alphonse Legros (1837-1911)