Landscape with an obelisk, by Rembrandt

An image of Landscape with an obelisk. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, sulphur tint, black carbon ink on thin laid paper, chainlines vertical (24 mm), height, plate, 84 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 100 mm, width, sheet, 171 mm, circa 1650. Production Note: II/II. Printed on mould side of paper. Two printer's creases. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B227 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-3 II/II. Lugt; 2475.

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Landscape with an obelisk. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, sulphur tint, black carbon ink on thin laid paper, chainlines vertical (24 mm), height, plate, 84 mm, width, plate, 160 mm; height, sheet, 100 mm, width, sheet, 171 mm, circa 1650. Production Note: II/II. Printed on mould side of paper. Two printer's creases. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B227 II/II. Biörklund/Barnard; BB50-3 II/II. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-403
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 601 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 138.08kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:01:29 12:13:17

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17th Century architectural architecture building buildings drypoint Dutch etching exterior Fitz_PDP hay barns Holland landscape Netherlands obelisk print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn sulphur tint thatched thatched cottage thatched roof

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