Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre, by Ignace Joseph de Claussin, after Rembrandt

An image of Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre. Claussin, Ignace Joseph de (French, 1766-1844). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on wove paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 105 mm; height, sheet, 132 mm, width, sheet, 107 mm, circa 1790 to before 1816. Production Note: Copy after state II/III. Notes: Various identifications have been proposed as to the subject of this print; a fancy self-portrait, Prince Adolphus of Gueldres, Admiral Philips van Dorp or Joris de Caullery. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B23 Copy 2. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-B Copy 2. Lugt; 932.

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Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre. Claussin, Ignace Joseph de (French, 1766-1844). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on wove paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 105 mm; height, sheet, 132 mm, width, sheet, 107 mm, circa 1790 to before 1816. Production Note: Copy after state II/III. Notes: Various identifications have been proposed as to the subject of this print; a fancy self-portrait, Prince Adolphus of Gueldres, Admiral Philips van Dorp or Joris de Caullery. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B23 Copy 2. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-B Copy 2. Lugt; 932.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-36
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 828 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 836.18kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:10:31 13:15:11

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18th Century 19th Century armour artists bearded beards breastplate caps copy copy after cuirass Dutch etching feathered feathers Fitz_PDP French hats Ignace Joseph de Claussin male man oval plumage plumed portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sabre self portrait swords

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