The rat catcher, by Rembrandt

An image of The rat catcher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 140 mm, width, plate, 125 mm; height, sheet, 143 mm, width, sheet, 128 mm, 1632.

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The rat catcher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 140 mm, width, plate, 125 mm; height, sheet, 143 mm, width, sheet, 128 mm, 1632.

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Accession Number: AD.12.40-20
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 922 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 356.04kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:03:13 13:52:52

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