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Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark, by Rembrandt

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An image of Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark: Bust. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 129 mm, width, plate, 100 mm; height, sheet, 129 mm, width, sheet, 100 mm, 1633. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B17 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB33-G II/III; 1955. Lugt; 1265.

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Self-portrait in a cap and scarf with the face dark: Bust. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 129 mm, width, plate, 100 mm; height, sheet, 129 mm, width, sheet, 100 mm, 1633. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B17 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB33-G II/III; 1955. Lugt; 1265.

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  • Accession Number: P.2252-R
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Sam Cole
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 789 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 910.91kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2017:10:31 16:07:39

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17th Century artists caps direct gaze Dutch etching Fitz_PDP gaze hair hats long hair long haired male man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn scarf scarves self portrait

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