Tobias catching the fish in the River Tigris, by Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert

An image of Print Album. Tobias catching the fish in the River Tigris. The Story of Tobias. Attributed to Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz (printmaker, Dutch, 1522-1590). After Heemskerck, Maerten van (Netherlandish, 1498-1574). Woodcut, circa 1548. Netherlandish School.

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Print Album. Tobias catching the fish in the River Tigris. The Story of Tobias. Attributed to Coornhert, Dirk Volkertsz (printmaker, Dutch, 1522-1590). After Heemskerck, Maerten van (Netherlandish, 1498-1574). Woodcut, circa 1548. Netherlandish School.

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Accession Number: M.H-I-201
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 816 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 339.16kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:03:31 16:22:09

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