The rat catcher, by Rembrandt

An image of The rat catcher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 140 mm, width, plate, 126 mm; height, sheet, 140 mm, width, sheet, 126 mm, 1632. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B121 III/III. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-C III/III. Lugt; 932.

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The rat catcher. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 140 mm, width, plate, 126 mm; height, sheet, 140 mm, width, sheet, 126 mm, 1632. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B121 III/III. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-C III/III. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-199
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: 925 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.12MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 10:13:28

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17th Century caps clothes clothing costume domestic doors doorway Dutch engraving etching Fitz_PDP hats homes household houses male pest control print ragged rags rat catcher rats Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn residence trade tradesman

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