Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael, by Rembrandt

An image of Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 127, mm, width, plate, 96 mm; height, sheet, 131 mm, width, sheet, 101 mm, circa 1637. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B30 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-A Only state.

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Abraham casting out Hagar and Ishmael. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 127, mm, width, plate, 96 mm; height, sheet, 131 mm, width, sheet, 101 mm, circa 1637. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B30 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-A Only state.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-39
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 791 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 903.26kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:10:31 15:16:48

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17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending Abraham (Old Testament) animal animals bible biblical casting out clothes clothing costume dogs driving out drypoint Dutch etching expelling expulsion Fitz_PDP Hagar Ishmael Old Testament print religion religious Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sons turban

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