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Virgin and Child in the clouds, by Rembrandt

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An image of Virgin and Child in the clouds. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669).  Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 168 mm, width, plate, 106 mm; height, sheet, 169 mm, width, sheet, 110 mm, 1641. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B61 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB41-H Only state; 1955.

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Virgin and Child in the clouds. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 168 mm, width, plate, 106 mm; height, sheet, 169 mm, width, sheet, 110 mm, 1641. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B61 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB41-H Only state; 1955.

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  • Accession Number: AD.12.39-32
  • 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: 675 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 675.62kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 20/1
  • Captured: 2017:12:18 12:00:48

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