The Goldweigher's field, by Rembrandt

An image of The Goldweigher's field. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (24 mm), height, plate, 121 mm, width, plate, 320 mm; height, sheet, 122 mm, width, sheet, 322 mm, 1651. Production Note: Only state. Notes: According to eighteenth century sources, the print apparently represented a view of the country house and estates of the Amsterdam Receiver-General, Jan Uytenbogaert, the 'goldweigher' of the title. In fact, the panorama was taken from Het Kopje, a dune near Haarlem, and the estate shown belonged to Christoffel Thijs, one of Rembrandt's creditors. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B234 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB51-A Only state. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 36.D.b.

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The Goldweigher's field. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, chainlines horizontal (24 mm), height, plate, 121 mm, width, plate, 320 mm; height, sheet, 122 mm, width, sheet, 322 mm, 1651. Production Note: Only state. Notes: According to eighteenth century sources, the print apparently represented a view of the country house and estates of the Amsterdam Receiver-General, Jan Uytenbogaert, the 'goldweigher' of the title. In fact, the panorama was taken from Het Kopje, a dune near Haarlem, and the estate shown belonged to Christoffel Thijs, one of Rembrandt's creditors. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B234 Only state. Biörklund/Barnard; BB51-A Only state. Lugt; 2475. Ash & Fletcher (Rembrandt watermarks); 36.D.b.

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Accession Number: AD.12.38-246
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 397 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 380.81kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 11:37:20

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17th Century countryside drypoint Dutch etching exterior fields Fitz_PDP Haarlem Holland landscape Netherlands print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn rural rustic surface tone view village vista

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