The Flight into Egypt: A night piece, by Rembrandt

An image of The Flight into Egypt: A night piece. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 127 mm, width, plate, 110 mm; height, sheet, 130 mm, width, sheet, 112 mm, 1651. Production Note: VI/VI. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B53 VI/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB51-E V/V; 1955.

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The Flight into Egypt: A night piece. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 127 mm, width, plate, 110 mm; height, sheet, 130 mm, width, sheet, 112 mm, 1651. Production Note: VI/VI. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B53 VI/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB51-E V/V; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-78
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: 891 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 929.24kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 11:19:44

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