The Sleeping herdsman, by Rembrandt

An image of The Sleeping herdsman. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 79 mm, width, plate, 57 mm; height, sheet, 82 mm, width, sheet, 61 mm, circa 1644. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B189. Biörklund/Barnard; BB44-1. Lugt; 2475.

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The Sleeping herdsman. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 79 mm, width, plate, 57 mm; height, sheet, 82 mm, width, sheet, 61 mm, circa 1644. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B189. Biörklund/Barnard; BB44-1. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.40-104
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: 776 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 918.09kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:22 09:52:45

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17th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_OPAC_pending animal animals asleep couple cows Dutch engraving etching Fitz_PDP herd herd of cows herder herding herdsman lovers print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn rustic sleeping slumber

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