Old woman seated in a cottage, with a string of onions on the wall, by Rembrandt

An image of Old woman seated in a cottage, with a string of onions on the wall. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 123 mm, width, plate, 81 mm; height, sheet, 123 mm, width, sheet, 81 mm, 1631. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B134 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB Rej.11 II/III; 1955.

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Old woman seated in a cottage, with a string of onions on the wall. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 123 mm, width, plate, 81 mm; height, sheet, 123 mm, width, sheet, 81 mm, 1631. Production Note: II/III. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B134 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB Rej.11 II/III; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-217
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: 690 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 884.57kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 10:08:39

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17th Century cottage Dutch etching female Fitz_PDP old lady old woman onions print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn seated shade shaded shadowy sitting string of onions vegetables woman

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