A vase of flowers, by Jan van Huysum

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

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