Insects, by Jan van Kessel

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Insects. Kessel, Jan van I (Flemish, 1626-1679). Oil on copper, height 8.9 cm, width 12.7 cm.

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Accession Number: 506
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 697 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 148.89kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:12:01 16:10:04

Key words

17th Century bees beetles bugs bumble bee butterflies butterfly caterpillars chrysalis Fitz_PDP Flemish flying insects honey bees horned beetle insects Jan van Kessel memento mori moths oil on copper painting van Kessel wasps

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