Canal with a large boat and bridge, by Rembrandt

An image of Canal with a large boat and bridge. Het Schuytje op de voorgrondt. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines almost vertical (25 mm), height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 109 mm; height, sheet, 84.5 mm, width, sheet, 109 mm, 1650. Production Note: II/II. Printed on mould side of paper. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B236 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-B II/II. Lugt; 932.

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Canal with a large boat and bridge. Het Schuytje op de voorgrondt. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines almost vertical (25 mm), height, plate, 83 mm, width, plate, 109 mm; height, sheet, 84.5 mm, width, sheet, 109 mm, 1650. Production Note: II/II. Printed on mould side of paper. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B236 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-B II/II. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-321
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 805 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 189.84kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:27:17

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17th Century boats bridge canal boats canals drypoint Dutch etching exterior Fitz_PDP Holland landscape Netherlands print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn river boats surface tone

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