Woman reading, by Rembrandt

An image of Woman reading. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 124 mm, width, plate, 102 mm; height, sheet, 147 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1634. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B345 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-D II/III; 1955. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 9.B'.a.

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Woman reading. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 124 mm, width, plate, 102 mm; height, sheet, 147 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1634. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B345 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-D II/III; 1955. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 9.B'.a.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-242
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: 840 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 774.04kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 11:37:09

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17th Century Dutch etching female Fitz_PDP hair headscarf portraits print reader reading reading a book Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn scarf seated sitting woman

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