Beggar Seated Warming His Hands at a Chafing Dish

ca. 1630

Dating: Approximate date range
Held at: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medium: Etching; second state of two
Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/4 in. × 2 in. (8.2 × 5.1 cm) Plate: 3 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (7.7 × 4.7 cm)
Collection no.: 26.72.157
Attribution: By the artist
Image rights: CC0 1.0License details

Rembrandt van Rijn. Beggar Seated Warming His Hands at a Chafing Dish. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. CC0 1.0. Compressed full-frame reproduction.

Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art

About this artwork

Beggar Seated Warming His Hands at a Chafing Dish — Rembrandt van Rijn. ca. 1630.

Medium: Etching; second state of two. Dimensions: Sheet: 3 1/4 in. × 2 in. (8.2 × 5.1 cm) Plate: 3 1/16 × 1 7/8 in. (7.7 × 4.7 cm).

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

Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1926.

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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