Ledikant. Le Lit a la Francaise, by Dominique Vivant Denon, after Rembrandt

An image of Ledikant. Le Lit à la Française. Denon, Dominique Vivant, attributed (French, 1747-1825). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink, on laid paper prepared with an ochre wash, height, plate, 133 mm, width, plate, 192 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 192 mm, circa 1787-1802. Production Note: Copy after Rembrandt's 'Lit à la Française' (B186). Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B186 Copy 1; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-D Copy 1; 1955.

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Ledikant. Le Lit à la Française. Denon, Dominique Vivant, attributed (French, 1747-1825). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink, on laid paper prepared with an ochre wash, height, plate, 133 mm, width, plate, 192 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 192 mm, circa 1787-1802. Production Note: Copy after Rembrandt's 'Lit à la Française' (B186). Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B186 Copy 1; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB46-D Copy 1; 1955.

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Accession Number: P.2266-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 712 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 186.42kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:22 10:09:45

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