A cavalry fight, by Rembrandt

An image of A cavalry fight. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 105 mm, width, plate, 79 mm; height, sheet, 105 mm, width, sheet, 79 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: Between state I and II/II. Notes(s): This impression appears to be an intermediate state between I & II. Although the plate has been cut down to roughly 105 x 79 mm, there is a lot of plate tone on this impression that has been partially burnished away in other impressions (for example, see AD.12.39-128). The cut down size and burnishing are the criteria given to identify state II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B117 between I & II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-7 between I & II/II; 1955.

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A cavalry fight. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 105 mm, width, plate, 79 mm; height, sheet, 105 mm, width, sheet, 79 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: Between state I and II/II. Notes(s): This impression appears to be an intermediate state between I & II. Although the plate has been cut down to roughly 105 x 79 mm, there is a lot of plate tone on this impression that has been partially burnished away in other impressions (for example, see AD.12.39-128). The cut down size and burnishing are the criteria given to identify state II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B117 between I & II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-7 between I & II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.38-97
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 778 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 803.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 10:22:09

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