Old man in meditation, leaning on a book, by Rembrandt

An image of Old man in meditation, leaning on a book. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 133 mm, width, plate, 107 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 107 mm, circa 1645. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B147 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB45-4 II/II; 1955.

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Old man in meditation, leaning on a book. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 133 mm, width, plate, 107 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 107 mm, circa 1645. Production Note: II/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B147 II/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB45-4 II/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-89
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 831 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 663.15kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 10:21:09

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17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending aged books drypoint Dutch elderly etching Fitz_PDP leaning leaning forward male man meditation old old age old man print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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