The artist's mother, head and bust, by Rembrandt

An image of The artist's mother, head and bust: Three-quarters right. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 65 mm, width, plate, 61 mm; height, sheet, 66 mm, width, sheet, 61 mm, 1628. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B354 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB28-A II/II; 1955.

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The artist's mother, head and bust: Three-quarters right. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 65 mm, width, plate, 61 mm; height, sheet, 66 mm, width, sheet, 61 mm, 1628. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B354 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB28-A II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-337
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: 952 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.01MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 11:21:26

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17th Century aged busts Dutch elderly etching female Fitz_PDP hair head-dress headdress heads mother old old age old lady old woman portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn woman

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