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A Beggar with a Wooden Leg
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Rembrandt van Rijn etched a beggar with a wooden leg, capturing the physical reality of disability in 17th-century Amsterdam. His beggars are individuals, not types.
Rembrandt found artistic subjects in society's margins. This print is at the Rembrandt House Museum.
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About A Beggar with a Wooden Leg
Rembrandt van Rijn made this study of a disabled beggar You can see it at Private Collection. His beggars are individuals, not types.
You can see it at Private Collection in Unknown, Unknown. Rembrandt van Rijn created it. His beggars are individuals, not types.
This is an etching from around 1630. Rembrandt used quick, confident lines to capture the figure's pose and ragged clothing in just a few strokes.
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