The Ruins of the Colosseum, by Jan Worst

An image of Recto: The Ruins of the Colosseum. Verso: Study of trees. Worst, Jan, attributed to (Dutch, op.c.1645-1655). Recto: Black chalk and watercolour on paper. Verso: pen and brown ink. Height 385 mm, width 258 mm, early 17th century.

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Recto: The Ruins of the Colosseum. Verso: Study of trees. Worst, Jan, attributed to (Dutch, op.c.1645-1655). Recto: Black chalk and watercolour on paper. Verso: pen and brown ink. Height 385 mm, width 258 mm, early 17th century.

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Accession Number: PD.25-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 701 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 748.80kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1

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