Old woman sleeping, by Rembrandt

An image of Old woman sleeping. Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 67 mm, width, plate, 52 mm; height, sheet, 71 mm, width, sheet, 55 mm,circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B350 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-1 Copy 1. Lugt; 2475.

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Old woman sleeping. Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 67 mm, width, plate, 52 mm; height, sheet, 71 mm, width, sheet, 55 mm,circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B350 Copy 1. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-1 Copy 1. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-329
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: 1.06MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 10:33:16

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