Bust of an old bearded man, looking down, three quarters right, by Rembrandt

An image of Bust of an old bearded man, looking down, three quarters right. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 118 mm, width, plate, 106 mm; height, support, 118 mm, width, support, 107 mm, 1631. Production Note: III/III. Notes: The plate was cut down on the right after the second state, removing the last two digits of the date. In this impression, the date is not at all visible. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B260 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-E II/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Bust of an old bearded man, looking down, three quarters right. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 118 mm, width, plate, 106 mm; height, support, 118 mm, width, support, 107 mm, 1631. Production Note: III/III. Notes: The plate was cut down on the right after the second state, removing the last two digits of the date. In this impression, the date is not at all visible. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B260 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-E II/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-331
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: 926 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 946.49kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:19:17

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17th Century aged bearded beards busts Dutch elderly etching Fitz_PDP half length looking looking down male man old old age old man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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