The Presentation in the Temple: oblong print, by Rembrandt

An image of The Presentation in the Temple: oblong print. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 213 mm, width, plate, 288 mm; height, sheet, 221 mm, width, sheet, 296 mm, circa 1639. Production Note: II/III.Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B49 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB40-1 II/III; 1955.

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The Presentation in the Temple: oblong print. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 213 mm, width, plate, 288 mm; height, sheet, 221 mm, width, sheet, 296 mm, circa 1639. Production Note: II/III.Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B49 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB40-1 II/III; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-13
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 773 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 240.05kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 10:36:17

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