Christ at Emmaus, by Rembrandt

An image of Christ at Emmaus: the larger plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, hand colouring, offset (printing effect), black carbon ink on Oriental paper, height, plate, 205 mm, width, plate, 160 mm, height, sheet, 205 mm, width, sheet, 162 mm, 1654. Production Note: Touched with wash on Christ's face. First state, almost completely in etching. Offset of Bartsch 75 on verso. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 283 I/V; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B87 I/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-H I/III; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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Christ at Emmaus: the larger plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, hand colouring, offset (printing effect), black carbon ink on Oriental paper, height, plate, 205 mm, width, plate, 160 mm, height, sheet, 205 mm, width, sheet, 162 mm, 1654. Production Note: Touched with wash on Christ's face. First state, almost completely in etching. Offset of Bartsch 75 on verso. Alternative Number(s): New Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 283 I/V; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B87 I/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-H I/III; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-44
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: 805 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.02MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:09 00:26:17

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