The Circumcision in the Stable, by Rembrandt

An image of The Circumcision in the Stable. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 144 mm; height, sheet, 107 mm, width, sheet, 155 mm, 1654. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): new Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 280 iii/v; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B47 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-B I/II; 1955. Lugt; 2650.

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The Circumcision in the Stable. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 144 mm; height, sheet, 107 mm, width, sheet, 155 mm, 1654. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): new Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); 280 iii/v; 2013. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B47 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB54-B I/II; 1955. Lugt; 2650.

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Accession Number: P.449-1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 705 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 242.40kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 10:16:02

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