The Agony in the Garden, by Rembrandt

An image of The Agony in the Garden. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint. black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (24 mm), height, plate, 111 mm, width, plate, 84 mm; height, sheet, 113 mm, width, sheet, 84 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: Bartsch/Hollstein state 75 before reworking. Printed on mould side of paper. Notes: This impression printed after most of the drypoint burr had worn from the plate. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B75; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB57-3; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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The Agony in the Garden. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint. black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (24 mm), height, plate, 111 mm, width, plate, 84 mm; height, sheet, 113 mm, width, sheet, 84 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: Bartsch/Hollstein state 75 before reworking. Printed on mould side of paper. Notes: This impression printed after most of the drypoint burr had worn from the plate. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B75; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB57-3; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-128
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 783 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 923.23kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:09 00:52:25

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