Jan Six, by Rembrandt

An image of Jan Six. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 243 mm, width, plate, 192 mm; height, sheet, 249 mm, width, sheet, 199 mm, 1647. Production Note: IV/IV. Notes: The sitter was in frequent contact with Rembrandt, perhaps from 1641, when the artist painted Six's mother, to 1655. He became the Burgomaster of Amsterdam in 1691. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B285 IV/IV. Biörklund/Barnard; BB47-B III/III.

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Jan Six. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 243 mm, width, plate, 192 mm; height, sheet, 249 mm, width, sheet, 199 mm, 1647. Production Note: IV/IV. Notes: The sitter was in frequent contact with Rembrandt, perhaps from 1641, when the artist painted Six's mother, to 1655. He became the Burgomaster of Amsterdam in 1691. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B285 IV/IV. Biörklund/Barnard; BB47-B III/III.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-377
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: 826 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 827.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:12 11:54:58

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