Bald old man with a short beard, in profile right, by Rembrandt

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Bald old man with a short beard, in profile right. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 66 mm, width, plate, 56 mm; height, sheet, 66 mm, width, sheet, 56 mm, circa 1635. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B306 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB35-6 Only state. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-396
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 866 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 889.40kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:12 09:50:46

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17th Century bald bald headed balding bearded beards Dutch etching Fitz_PDP fur collar male man old man portraits print profile Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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