Christ preaching, by Rembrandt

An image of Christ preaching. La petite tombe. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 154 mm, width, plate, 206 mm; height, sheet, 154 mm, width, sheet, 206 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: Only state. Impression without the burr. Notes: This is a later impression, after the heavy drypoint burr on the sleeve of the man in the left foreground was burnished away. The title 'la petit tombe' refers to a member of the La Tombe family, who probably commissioned the print. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B67 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-2 Only state; 1955.

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Christ preaching. La petite tombe. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 154 mm, width, plate, 206 mm; height, sheet, 154 mm, width, sheet, 206 mm, circa 1652. Production Note: Only state. Impression without the burr. Notes: This is a later impression, after the heavy drypoint burr on the sleeve of the man in the left foreground was burnished away. The title 'la petit tombe' refers to a member of the La Tombe family, who probably commissioned the print. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B67 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB52-2 Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-100
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 766 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 270.86kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 12:36:19

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