Old man with a flowing beard, by Rembrandt

An image of Old man with a flowing beard. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink, laid paper, height, plate, 98 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, 1630. Production Note: Only state. Counterproof. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B309 Only state (counterproof); 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-K Only state; 1955.

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Old man with a flowing beard. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink, laid paper, height, plate, 98 mm, width, plate, 83 mm, 1630. Production Note: Only state. Counterproof. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B309 Only state (counterproof); 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-K Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: 23.K.5-400
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 873 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.98MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:12 10:23:07

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17th Century aged bald balding bearded beards busts Dutch elderly etching Fitz_PDP heads looking looking down male man old old age old man portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn

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