Bedelaarsfamilie 1520 - 1644

"Bedelaarsfamilie" (Beggar Family) is an etching by Hendrick Hondius I, completed in 1644, after a design by Lucas van Leyden dated 1520. This work depicts a group of beggars, including a man playing a bagpipe, carrying a child on his back and a large collection of belongings on a cart. The work is a satirical representation of beggars, highlighting their poverty and the way in which they exploited their misfortune for financial gain. This print can be found in the Rijksmuseum.