The image shows six figures in a landscape setting. Two standing figures on the left are holding objects, with a child between them. To their right, an older-looking woman in a hood is consuming from a bowl, while an elderly man sits holding a bowl. Another seated figure to the far right appears to be eating. A rustic architectural backdrop with an arched entranceway is visible in the background, along with distant figures and structures.
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Six Men and Women Beggars

Wenceslaus Hollar (Bohemian, 1607 - 1677)

artist after Jacques Callot (French, 1592 - 1635)

1630

Medium
etching on laid paper
Classification
Print
Dimensions
sheet (trimmed to plate mark): 8.7 × 25.5 cm (3 7/16 × 10 1/16 in.)
Culture
Bohemian
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
R.L. Baumfeld Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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