The Entombment, by Rembrandt

An image of The Entombment. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 211 mm, width, plate, 161 mm; height, sheet, 217 mm, width, sheet, 164 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: Impressions printed on both sides of paper - III/IV on recto, II/IV on verso. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 284 II/IV; 2013. New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 284 III/IV; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B86 III/IV; 1969. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B86 II/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-2 II & III/V; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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The Entombment. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 211 mm, width, plate, 161 mm; height, sheet, 217 mm, width, sheet, 164 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: Impressions printed on both sides of paper - III/IV on recto, II/IV on verso. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 284 II/IV; 2013. New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 284 III/IV; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B86 III/IV; 1969. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B86 II/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-2 II & III/V; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-41
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: 779 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 753.70kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:09 00:12:09

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