St Jerome in a dark chamber, by Rembrandt

An image of St Jerome in a dark chamber. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 151 mm, width, plate, 173 mm; height, sheet, 153 mm, width, sheet, 176 mm, 1642. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B105 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB42-E I/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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St Jerome in a dark chamber. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 151 mm, width, plate, 173 mm; height, sheet, 153 mm, width, sheet, 176 mm, 1642. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B105 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB42-E I/II; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-179
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 896 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 141.21kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 09:47:55

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17th Century chamber chambers Christianity dark darkness Dutch etching Fitz_PDP interior male print reader reading reading a book religion religious Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn Saint Jerome saints scholars seated sitting spiral staircase St Jerome staircase stairs stairway steps

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