Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel, by Rembrandt

An image of Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 149 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 159 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1636. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B269 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB36-C III/IV; 1955.

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Samuel Manasseh Ben Israel. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 149 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 159 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1636. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B269 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB36-C III/IV; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-240
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: 771 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 729.16kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:05 10:05:37

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