Joseph telling his dreams, by Rembrandt

An image of Joseph telling his dreams. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 111 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, height, sheet, 119 mm; width, sheet, 91.5 mm, 1638. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B37 III/III. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-E III/III. Lugt; 932.

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Joseph telling his dreams. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 111 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, height, sheet, 119 mm; width, sheet, 91.5 mm, 1638. Production Note: III/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B37 III/III. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-E III/III. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-51
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: 788 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 948.35kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:11 15:39:35

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