The Entombment, by Rembrandt

An image of The Entombment. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on Oriental paper, possibly Chinese, height, plate, 211 mm, width, plate, 161 mm; height, sheet, 209 mm, width, sheet, 160 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: I/IV.

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The Entombment. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on Oriental paper, possibly Chinese, height, plate, 211 mm, width, plate, 161 mm; height, sheet, 209 mm, width, sheet, 160 mm, circa 1654. Production Note: I/IV.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-147
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 784 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.04MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:09 00:07:19

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