The rat catcher, by Rembrandt

An image of The rat catcher. Unknown printmaker. Visscher, Claes Jansz., publisher (Dutch, 1587-1652). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 139 mm, width, plate, 128 mm; height, sheet, 206 mm, width, sheet, 177 mm, after 1632 to before 1652. Production Note: I/II. Reverse copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B121 Copy 6. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-C Copy 6. Lugt; 2475.

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The rat catcher. Unknown printmaker. Visscher, Claes Jansz., publisher (Dutch, 1587-1652). After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, surface tone, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 139 mm, width, plate, 128 mm; height, sheet, 206 mm, width, sheet, 177 mm, after 1632 to before 1652. Production Note: I/II. Reverse copy. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B121 Copy 6. Biörklund/Barnard; BB32-C Copy 6. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-213
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 871 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 716.15kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:15 10:16:11

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17th Century caps Claes Jansz. Visscher clothes clothing costume domestic doors doorway Dutch etching Fitz_PDP hats homes household houses male pest control print ragged rags rat catcher rats Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn residence reverse surface tone trade tradesman Visscher

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