Study for the figure of Phidias in 'The Apotheosis of Homer', by Ingres

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Study for the figure of Phidias in 'The Apotheosis of Homer'. Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (French, 1780-1867). Graphite and bodycolour on buff paper, height 398 mm, width 213 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.75-1961
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 565 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 508.26kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2016:10:31 16:19:13

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