The 'white negress', by Rembrandt

An image of The 'white negress'. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 92 mm, width, plate, 72 mm; height, sheet, 92 mm, width, sheet, 72 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B357 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-17 II/III; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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The 'white negress'. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 92 mm, width, plate, 72 mm; height, sheet, 92 mm, width, sheet, 72 mm, circa 1630. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B357 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-17 II/III; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-441
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: 807 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 922.52kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 11:28:19

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17th Century Dutch etching female Fitz_PDP negress negro portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn the white negress woman young young woman

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