St Jerome reading, by Rembrandt

An image of St Jerome reading. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 109 mm, width, plate, 90 mm; height, sheet, 119 mm, width, sheet, 100 mm, 1634. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B100 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-H Only state.

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St Jerome reading. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 109 mm, width, plate, 90 mm; height, sheet, 119 mm, width, sheet, 100 mm, 1634. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B100 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-H Only state.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-168
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 866 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.96MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:08 09:58:35

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