Faust. A Scholar in his study, by Rembrandt

An image of Faust. A Scholar in his study. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 208 mm, width, plate, 161 mm, height, sheet, 208 mm, width, sheet, 161 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B270 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-4 III/III; 1955.

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Faust. A Scholar in his study. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 208 mm, width, plate, 161 mm, height, sheet, 208 mm, width, sheet, 161 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B270 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-4 III/III; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-350
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: 795 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 912.90kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:05 10:13:02

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