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A vase of flowers, by Jan van Huysum

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An image of A vase of flowers. Huysum, Jan van (Dutch, 1682-1749). Oil on canvas, height 59.9 cm, width 53.5 cm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1975; Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton.

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A vase of flowers. Huysum, Jan van (Dutch, 1682-1749). Oil on canvas, height 59.9 cm, width 53.5 cm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1975; Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton.

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  • Accession Number: PD.26-1975
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 864 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 710.41kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 13/1
  • Captured: 2014:03:05 14:49:33

Key words

18th Century _WF_Fairhaven botanical carnations Caryophyllaceae Dianthus Dutch Dutch Golden Age Fitz_PDP floral flowers glass vase Huysum Iridaceae iris Irises Jan van Huysum leaf leaves ledge niche oil on canvas painting pink roses pinks poppies poppy roses snails vase of flowers vases

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