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The Circumcision: Small plate, by Rembrandt

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An image of The Circumcision: Small plate. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 87 mm, width, plate, 63 mm; height, sheet, 92 mm, width, sheet, 68 mm. Production Note: Copy in reverse. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B48; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-8; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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The Circumcision: Small plate. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 87 mm, width, plate, 63 mm; height, sheet, 92 mm, width, sheet, 68 mm. Production Note: Copy in reverse. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B48; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-8; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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  • Accession Number: AD.12.39-138
  • 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: 764 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 964.19kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2017:12:18 09:49:27

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