Medea, The Marriage of Jason and Creusa, by Rembrandt

An image of Medea. The Marriage of Jason and Creusa. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 240 mm, width, plate, 180 mm; height, sheet, 251 mm, width, sheet, 193 mm, 1648. Signed and dated in state IV/V. Production Note: I/V. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B112 I/V; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB48-E I/V; 1955.

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Medea. The Marriage of Jason and Creusa. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 240 mm, width, plate, 180 mm; height, sheet, 251 mm, width, sheet, 193 mm, 1648. Signed and dated in state IV/V. Production Note: I/V. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B112 I/V; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB48-E I/V; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-19
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: 786 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 889.63kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 10:01:41

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