Young man in a velvet cap, by Rembrandt

An image of Young man in a velvet cap. Portrait of Ferdinand Bol (?) Portrait of Petrus Sylvus (?). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, height, sheet, 138 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, 1637. Production Note: II/II.

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Young man in a velvet cap. Portrait of Ferdinand Bol (?) Portrait of Petrus Sylvus (?). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 96 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, height, sheet, 138 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, 1637. Production Note: II/II.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-256
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 893 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.12MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2017:03:13 15:54:25

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17th Century caps clothes clothing costume direct gaze Dutch etching fashion Fitz_PDP fur collar fur lined gaze hats male portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated sitter sitting young youth

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