A village bonfire, by Esaias van de Velde

An image of A village bonfire. Velde, Esaias I van de (Dutch, 1587-1630). Black chalk, brown-grey wash, on paper, height 187 mm, width 305 mm, 1628.

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A village bonfire. Velde, Esaias I van de (Dutch, 1587-1630). Black chalk, brown-grey wash, on paper, height 187 mm, width 305 mm, 1628.

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Accession Number: PD.771-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 635 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 152.37kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:04:13 14:22:25

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17th Century architectural architecture blaze bonfire building chalk cottage drawing Dutch Dutch Golden Age Esaias van de Velde exterior fire Fitz_PDP flames homes houses residence rustic van de velde village village green villagers

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