Three heads of women: One asleep, by Rembrandt

An image of Three heads of women: One asleep. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 97 mm; height, sheet, 130 mm, width, sheet, 97 mm, 1637. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B368 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-D Only state; 1955.

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Three heads of women: One asleep. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 97 mm; height, sheet, 130 mm, width, sheet, 97 mm, 1637. Production Note: Only State. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B368 Only state; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB37-D Only state; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-246
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: 771 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 718.11kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:13 12:04:59

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