Young man in a velvet cap, by Rembrandt

An image of Young man in a velvet cap. Portrait of Ferdinand Bol or Portrait of Petrus Sylvius (?). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, borderline around edge of print, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 83 mm; height, sheet, 97 mm, width, sheet, 84 mm, 1637. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B268 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-C II/II; 1955.

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Young man in a velvet cap. Portrait of Ferdinand Bol or Portrait of Petrus Sylvius (?). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, borderline around edge of print, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 83 mm; height, sheet, 97 mm, width, sheet, 84 mm, 1637. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B268 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-C II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: P.2255-R
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: 890 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 930.55kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:05 09:56:14

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17th Century caps coat costume direct gaze Dutch etching fashion fashionable Fitz_PDP fur collar gaze hats male man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn velvet cap well dressed young young man

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