Peasant with his hands behind his back, by Rembrandt

An image of Peasant with his hands behind his back. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 59 mm, width, plate, 50 mm; height, sheet, 61 mm, width, sheet, 52 mm, 1631. Production Note: III/IV. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B135 III/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-M III/IV; 1955.

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Peasant with his hands behind his back. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, engraving, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 59 mm, width, plate, 50 mm; height, sheet, 61 mm, width, sheet, 52 mm, 1631. Production Note: III/IV. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B135 III/IV; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB31-M III/IV; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-218
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: 875 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 926.27kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:16 09:51:56

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17th Century bearded beards clothes clothing Dutch engraving etching Fitz_PDP hats male man peasants print profile Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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