Christ and the Woman of Samaria, by Rembrandt

An image of Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An arched print. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, height, plate, 124 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 134 mm, width, sheet, 171 mm, 1657-1658. Signed and dated 1657 in I and II; signed and dated 1658 in III. State III/III.

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Christ and the Woman of Samaria: An arched print. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, height, plate, 124 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 134 mm, width, sheet, 171 mm, 1657-1658. Signed and dated 1657 in I and II; signed and dated 1658 in III. State III/III.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-63
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 796 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 315.07kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2014:01:16 12:14:43

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