Presentation in the Temple with the angel: Small plate, by Rembrandt

An image of Presentation in the Temple with the angel: Small plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 103 mm, width, plate, 78 mm; height, sheet, 103 mm, width, sheet, 78 mm, 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B51 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-C II/II; 1955.

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Presentation in the Temple with the angel: Small plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 103 mm, width, plate, 78 mm; height, sheet, 103 mm, width, sheet, 78 mm, 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B51 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-C II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-74
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: 791 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 892.55kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 10:10:41

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