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The plague of the locusts, by Jan Sadeler, after Marten van Cleve

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An image of Album / Print. The plague of the locusts, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Sadeler, Jan I (Flemish, 1550-c.1600). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State II/II. Flemish/Dutch.

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Album / Print. The plague of the locusts, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Sadeler, Jan I (Flemish, 1550-c.1600). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State II/II. Flemish/Dutch.

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  • Accession Number: 24.i.6-60
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 709 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 309.17kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2013:07:19 11:42:53

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