Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre, by Rembrandt

An image of Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 107 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, 1634. Production Note: III/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 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-B III/III; 1955.

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Self-portrait (?) with plumed cap and lowered sabre. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink on laid paper, height, plate, 130 mm, width, plate, 107 mm; height, sheet, 133 mm, width, sheet, 111 mm, 1634. Production Note: III/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 III/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-B III/III; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-257
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 865 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 857.61kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2017:10:31 15:10:11

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17th Century armour artists bearded beards breastplate caps cuirass Dutch etching feathered feathers Fitz_PDP hats male man oval plumage plumed portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sabre self portrait swords

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