Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave, by Rembrandt

An image of Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 109 mm, width, plate, 79 mm; height, sheet, 110 mm, width, sheet, 79 mm, 1639. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B109 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB39-C Only state; 1955.

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Death appearing to a wedded couple from an open grave. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 109 mm, width, plate, 79 mm; height, sheet, 110 mm, width, sheet, 79 mm, 1639. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B109 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB39-C Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-184
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 745 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 708.78kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 09:55:33

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17th Century couple dead death deceased Dutch etching Fitz_PDP grave graves gravestone graveyard open grave print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn skeleton skeletons wedded couple

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