Old man shading his eyes with his hand, by Rembrandt

An image of Old man shading his eyes with his hand. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint,
black ink touches in the hat, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 138 mm, width, plate, 111 mm; height, sheet, 138 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, circa 1639. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B259 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-3 Only state; 1955. Lugt; 932. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 1.I.b.

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Old man shading his eyes with his hand. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black ink touches in the hat, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 138 mm, width, plate, 111 mm; height, sheet, 138 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, circa 1639. Production Note: Only state. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B259 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-3 Only state; 1955. Lugt; 932. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 1.I.b.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-329
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: 830 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 653.92kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:20:11

Key words

17th Century ageing bearded beards caps drypoint Dutch elderly etching eyes Fitz_PDP hats male man old old age old man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn shading eyes velvet cap

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