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

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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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