Jan Asselyn, painter ('Krabbetje'), by Rembrandt

An image of Jan Asselyn, painter ('Krabbetje'). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, surface tone, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, height, plate, 215 mm, width, plate, 170 mm; height, sheet, 228 mm, width, sheet, 183 mm, circa 1647. Dated 16[??], the last two digits illegible. Production Note: II/III. Printed on Japanese paper. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B277 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB47-1 II/III; 1955. Lugt; 909.

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Jan Asselyn, painter ('Krabbetje'). Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (Dutch, 1606-1669). Etching, drypoint, engraving, surface tone, black carbon ink on Japanese paper, height, plate, 215 mm, width, plate, 170 mm; height, sheet, 228 mm, width, sheet, 183 mm, circa 1647. Dated 16[??], the last two digits illegible. Production Note: II/III. Printed on Japanese paper. Alternative Number(s): Hollstein (Dutch/Flemish); B277 II/III; 1969. Biörklund/Barnard; BB47-1 II/III; 1955. Lugt; 909.

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Accession Number: P.2259-R
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Sam Cole
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 827 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 704.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:02:06 10:05:23

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17th Century artistic artists books cloak clothes clothing collar costume drypoint Dutch engraving etching fashion fashionable Fitz_PDP hair hairstyle hats Jan Asselyn lace lacy long hair long haired male man painter portraits print Rembrandt Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn slashed sleeve sleeve surface tone well dressed

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