The Death of the Virgin, by Rembrandt

An image of The Death of the Virgin. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, colour printing, red ink on laid paper, height, plate, 402 mm, width, plate, 316 mm; height, sheet, 406 mm, width, sheet, 319 mm, 1639. Production Note: III/III. Late seventeenth-century or eighteenth-century impression. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B99 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB39-A IV/IV; 1955.

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The Death of the Virgin. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, colour printing, red ink on laid paper, height, plate, 402 mm, width, plate, 316 mm; height, sheet, 406 mm, width, sheet, 319 mm, 1639. Production Note: III/III. Late seventeenth-century or eighteenth-century impression. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B99 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB39-A IV/IV; 1955.

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Accession Number: P.448-1945
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 810 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.06MB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:26 14:05:12

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