The Lamentation over the dead Christ, by Isaac Oliver

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The Lamentation over the dead Christ. Oliver, Isaac I (British, 1556(?)-1617). Pen and ink, wash, watercolour pigment applied through an oily medium, over graphite on paper, height 209 mm, width 281 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.5-1957
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 769 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 202.87kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:05:29 23:34:55

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