The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a brook, by Rembrandt

An image of The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a brook. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 94 mm, width, plate, 144 mm; height, sheet, 97 mm, width, sheet, 147 mm, 1654. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B55; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-D; 1955.

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The Flight into Egypt: Crossing a brook. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 94 mm, width, plate, 144 mm; height, sheet, 97 mm, width, sheet, 147 mm, 1654. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B55; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-D; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.40-67
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 681 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 870.57kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 11:27:21

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