Four Illustrations to a Spanish book: The undivided plate, by Rembrandt

An image of Four Illustrations to a Spanish book: The undivided plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Four illustrations printed from the same plate, clockwise from top left: The image seen by Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel's vision of the four beasts; David and Goliath; Jacob's Ladder. Cut and joined across the centre. Etching, engraving, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on Oriental paper, probably Japanese, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 277 mm, width, sheet, 164 mm, 1655. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B36 (undivided plate) III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB55-C (undivided) III/III; 1955. Lugt; 1419. Lugt; 2849.

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Four Illustrations to a Spanish book: The undivided plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Four illustrations printed from the same plate, clockwise from top left: The image seen by Nebuchadnezzar; Daniel's vision of the four beasts; David and Goliath; Jacob's Ladder. Cut and joined across the centre. Etching, engraving, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on Oriental paper, probably Japanese, height, plate, 274 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 277 mm, width, sheet, 164 mm, 1655. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B36 (undivided plate) III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB55-C (undivided) III/III; 1955. Lugt; 1419. Lugt; 2849.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-44
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 616 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:11 15:57:35

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