The Circumcision: Small plate, oval, by Rembrandt

An image of The Circumcision: Small plate. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 85 mm, approx, width, plate, 65 mm, approx; height, sheet, 86 mm, width, sheet, 66 mm. Production Note: Copy in reverse, oval. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B48; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-8; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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The Circumcision: Small plate. Unknown printmaker. After Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, black carbon ink on paper, height, plate, 85 mm, approx, width, plate, 65 mm, approx; height, sheet, 86 mm, width, sheet, 66 mm. Production Note: Copy in reverse, oval. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B48; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB30-8; 1955. Lugt; 2475.

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Accession Number: AD.12.39-98
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: 787 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 0.96MB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2017:12:18 09:57:38

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