Christ and the Woman of Samaria among ruins, by Rembrandt

An image of Christ and the Woman of Samaria among ruins. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink, graphite, partially erased grid lines ruled over the print, on laid paper; support, height, plate, 126 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 152 mm, width, sheet, 137 mm, 1634. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B71 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-L I/II; 1955.

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Christ and the Woman of Samaria among ruins. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, black carbon ink, graphite, partially erased grid lines ruled over the print, on laid paper; support, height, plate, 126 mm, width, plate, 108 mm; height, sheet, 152 mm, width, sheet, 137 mm, 1634. Production Note: I/II. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B71 I/II; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB34-L I/II; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-90
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 940 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 1.08MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:01:09 02:00:33

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