The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers, by Rembrandt

An image of The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (28 mm), height, plate, 212 mm, width, plate, 283 mm; height, sheet, 227 mm, width, sheet, 292 mm, circa 1653. Production Note: IV/VII. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B56 IV/VII; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB53-2 IV/VII; 1955. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 36.C.a.

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The Flight into Egypt: Altered from Seghers. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (28 mm), height, plate, 212 mm, width, plate, 283 mm; height, sheet, 227 mm, width, sheet, 292 mm, circa 1653. Production Note: IV/VII. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B56 IV/VII; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB53-2 IV/VII; 1955. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 36.C.a.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-179
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 785 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 199.42kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 11:37:26

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