Six Men and Women Beggars

Etcher Wenceslaus Hollar Bohemian
After Jacques Callot French
1630
Not on view
Plate 4 of 4 prints of beggars after Callot. Two male and four female beggars seated and standing in a row in a landscape; the woman at far left breastfeeding a baby and carrying a child on her back, a boy walking beside her.

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Object Information
  • Title: Six Men and Women Beggars
  • Series/Portfolio: Beggars : Four plates after Jacques Callot (New Hollstein 80-83)
  • Etcher: Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, Prague 1607–1677 London)
  • Artist: After Jacques Callot (French, Nancy 1592–1635 Nancy)
  • Date: 1630
  • Medium: Etching; only state
  • Dimensions: 3 3/8 x 9 7/8 in. (8.6 x 25.2 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.50.15-342
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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