Habourscene with shipping off a round tower, by Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom

An image of Harbourscene with shipping off a round tower. Two gentlemen on horseback, entering a towngate and various rapid scribbles. Vroom, Hendrick Cornelisz. (Dutch, 1566-1640). Pen, brown ink, on paper, height 201 mm, width 335 mm, 1584-1587. Probably drawn when the artist was in Italy.

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Harbourscene with shipping off a round tower. Two gentlemen on horseback, entering a towngate and various rapid scribbles. Vroom, Hendrick Cornelisz. (Dutch, 1566-1640). Pen, brown ink, on paper, height 201 mm, width 335 mm, 1584-1587. Probably drawn when the artist was in Italy.

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Accession Number: PD.892-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 621 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 148.15kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1

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16th Century architectural architecture coast drawing Dutch exterior Fitz_PDP harbour harbour scene Hendrick Cornelisz Vroom jetty pier ports sailing sailing ship sailing vessels sails seaport shipping ships tower towers Vroom

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