Canal with an angler and two swans, by Rembrandt

An image of Canal with an angler and two swans. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines vertical (24.5 mm), height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 90 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1650. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B235 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-A II/II. Lugt; 2475.

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Canal with an angler and two swans. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines vertical (24.5 mm), height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 90 mm, width, sheet, 117 mm, 1650. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B235 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-A II/II. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-406
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 798 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 174.25kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:25:44

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17th Century angler angling birds canals countryside drypoint Dutch etching exterior fisherman fishermen fishing Fitz_PDP Holland landscape Netherlands print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn surface tone swans

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