The Flight into Egypt: A sketch, by Rembrandt

An image of The Flight into Egypt: A sketch. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 78 mm, c., width, plate, 50 mm, c.; height, sheet, 79 mm, width, sheet, 51 mm, circa 1627. Production Note: V/VI. Reduced plate, arched at top, and showing just Joseph and the head of the ass. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B54 V/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB29-4 V/VI; 1955.

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The Flight into Egypt: A sketch. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 78 mm, c., width, plate, 50 mm, c.; height, sheet, 79 mm, width, sheet, 51 mm, circa 1627. Production Note: V/VI. Reduced plate, arched at top, and showing just Joseph and the head of the ass. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B54 V/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB29-4 V/VI; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-247
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 668 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 882.34kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 11:22:39

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