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The image displays a person leaning forward with a walking stick for support. Their face is partially visible with vague features in a shadow-like style. They wear a hat or hood and a long garment with possible additional layers. There is a smaller figure next to them in a similar posture. The background is a simple textured surface.
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The image displays a person leaning forward with a walking stick for support. Their face is partially visible with vague features in a shadow-like style. They wear a hat or hood and a long garment with possible additional layers. There is a smaller figure next to them in a similar posture. The background is a simple textured surface.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

Beggar Woman Leaning on a Stick

Rembrandt van Rijn

Date
1628/1630
Medium
brush and brown wash on laid paper, on Richardson album sheet
Dimensions
Overall: 13.4 x 11.9 cm (5 1/4 x 4 11/16 in.) support: 20 x 17.6 cm (7 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
1943.3.7050
Credit line
Rosenwald Collection
Time span
1601 to 1650
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baroque
  • Dutch
  • female
  • figure
  • Standing
Provenance

Jonathan Richardson, London (1665 - 1745) (Lugt 2183). Thomas Hudson, London (1701 - 1779) (Lugt 2432). Sir Joshua Reynolds, London (1723 - 1792). Lessing J. Rosenwald, Philadelphia (1891 - 1943) (Lugt 1760b and 1932d). Gift to the National Gallery of Art, 1943.

NGA object ID 9846. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.