The Sow The Hog, by Rembrandt

An image of The Sow. The Hog. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 143 mm, width, plate, 183 mm; height, sheet, 145 mm, width, sheet, 186 mm, 1643. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B157 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB43-A II/III; 1955.

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The Sow. The Hog. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 143 mm, width, plate, 183 mm; height, sheet, 145 mm, width, sheet, 186 mm, 1643. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B157 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB43-A II/III; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-235
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 809 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 172.63kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 12:04:18

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17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending animal animals domestic drypoint Dutch etching Fitz_PDP hog hogs lying lying down pigs print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sow surface tone

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