Old man shading his eyes with his hand, by James Bretherton, after Rembrandt

An image of Old man shading his eyes with his hand. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 134 mm, width, plate, 110 mm; height, sheet, 135 mm, width, sheet, 112 mm, circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B259 Copy 1; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-3 Copy 1; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Old man shading his eyes with his hand. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Bretherton, James (British, c.1730-1806). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 134 mm, width, plate, 110 mm; height, sheet, 135 mm, width, sheet, 112 mm, circa 1770-1799. Production Note: Copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B259 Copy 1; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB38-3 Copy 1; 1955. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-330
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: 846 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 592.42kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:21:00

Key words

18th Century ageing bearded beards British School caps copy copy after drypoint Dutch elderly etching eyes Fitz_PDP hats James Bretherton male man old old age old man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn shading eyes velvet cap

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