The quacksalver, by Rembrandt

An image of The quacksalver. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 77 mm, width, plate, 36 mm; height, sheet, 81 mm, width, sheet, 40 mm, 1635. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B129 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB35-G Only state; 1955.

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The quacksalver. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 77 mm, width, plate, 36 mm; height, sheet, 81 mm, width, sheet, 40 mm, 1635. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B129 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB35-G Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-323
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: 516 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 531.89kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 11:54:41

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17th Century attire clothes clothing costume Dutch etching Fitz_PDP fraud hawker male medical medicine peddler pedlar print quack quackery quacksalver Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seller selling street hawker street seller vendor

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