Sheet of Studies, fragment showing only the artist's head, by Rembrandt

An image of Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc. Fragment showing only the artist's head. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, 50 mm, width, 61 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: II/II (cut). Notes: Fragment cut from B363 showing only the artist's head. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B363 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-1 II/II; 1955.

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Sheet of studies: Head of the artist, a beggar couple, heads of an old man and old woman, etc. Fragment showing only the artist's head. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, 50 mm, width, 61 mm, circa 1632. Production Note: II/II (cut). Notes: Fragment cut from B363 showing only the artist's head. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B363 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-1 II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-346
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 851 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 205.03kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 11:32:32

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17th Century artists direct gaze Dutch etching figure studies Fitz_PDP fragment gaze hats male man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn self portrait studies study

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