A Capriccio view of Roman ruins, by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

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A Capriccio View of Roman Ruins. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian, 1691/2-1765). Oil on canvas, height 36.8 cm, width 69.2 cm, 1737.

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Accession Number: PD.107-1992
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 545 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 127.33kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2012:02:28 14:04:01

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