Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House

1648

Dating: Exact year
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching, burin, drypoint; third of five states
Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.5 cm)
Collection no.: 17.37.188
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Rembrandt van Rijn. Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Beggars Receiving Alms at the Door of a House — Rembrandt van Rijn. 1648.

Medium: Etching, burin, drypoint; third of five states. Dimensions: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 4 1/2 in. (16.8 × 11.5 cm).

Collection record: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Museum connection according to this source; current display unverified.

Credit line: Gitf of Henry Walters, 1917.

This is a museum catalogue record, not a current-display assertion.

Source: official collection record. Metadata selected and normalized by Artline from the source export, accessed 10 September 2026; no museum endorsement. Reproduction rights are separate.

Location checked Sep 10, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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