The Entombment, by Simon Vouet

An image of The Entombment. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649). Oil on panel, height, 56.5, cm, width, 41.5, cm, circa 1635-1638. Probable dates. Production Note: Possibly a modello for the painting commissioned by Pierre Seguier several versions of which are known, but of which the principal one generally is considered that in Epinal, Musée des Beaux-Arts (no. 32).

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The Entombment. Vouet, Simon (French, 1590-1649). Oil on panel, height, 56.5, cm, width, 41.5, cm, circa 1635-1638. Probable dates. Production Note: Possibly a modello for the painting commissioned by Pierre Seguier several versions of which are known, but of which the principal one generally is considered that in Epinal, Musée des Beaux-Arts (no. 32).

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Accession Number: PD.8-1959
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 763 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 656.44kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2013:08:21 11:38:58

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