Lieven Willemsz Van Coppenol, Writing-Master, by Rembrandt

An image of Lieven Willemsz Van Coppenol, Writing-Master: the larger plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, laid down onto mount, height, plate, 338 mm, width, plate, 289 mm, height, sheet, 373 mm, width, sheet, 298 mm, 1658. Production Note: I/VI. Background rubbed with black chalk with a texture that looks as though it was rubbed over a textile. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B283 I/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB58-F I/VI; 1955.

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Lieven Willemsz Van Coppenol, Writing-Master: the larger plate. Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, laid down onto mount, height, plate, 338 mm, width, plate, 289 mm, height, sheet, 373 mm, width, sheet, 298 mm, 1658. Production Note: I/VI. Background rubbed with black chalk with a texture that looks as though it was rubbed over a textile. Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B283 I/VI; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB58-F I/VI; 1955.

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Accession Number: AD.20.15-12
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 822 pixels
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Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2018:02:26 14:06:31

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