Student at a table by candlelight, by Rembrandt

An image of Student at a table by candlelight. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 147 mm, width, plate, 133 mm; height, sheet, 147 mm, width, sheet, 133 mm, circa 1642. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B148 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB42-6 Only state; 1955.

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Student at a table by candlelight. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 147 mm, width, plate, 133 mm; height, sheet, 147 mm, width, sheet, 133 mm, circa 1642. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B148 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB42-6 Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-185
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: 932 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 751.33kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 10:22:05

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17th Century academics candlelight candles candlestick concentrating concentration dark darkness Dutch etching Fitz_PDP male night print reader reading reading a book Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated shade shadowy sitting students studies study studying surface tone

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