A sportsman leaning on his gun, by Hendrick Avercamp

An image of A sportsman leaning on his gun. Avercamp, Hendrick (Dutch, 1585-1634). Pen, ink and watercolour over black chalk, with a line of brown ink bordering it on all sides, on paper, height 127 mm, width 66 mm.

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A sportsman leaning on his gun. Avercamp, Hendrick (Dutch, 1585-1634). Pen, ink and watercolour over black chalk, with a line of brown ink bordering it on all sides, on paper, height 127 mm, width 66 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.82-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 547 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 632.31kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2016:04:13 13:59:27

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