Self-Portrait, with the Colosseum, by Maerten van Heemskerck

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Self-Portrait with the Colosseum, Rome. Heemskerck, Maerten van (1498-1574). Oil on panel, height 42.2 cm, width 54.0 cm, 1553.

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Accession Number: 103
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 800 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 165.28kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2011:04:05 19:31:13

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16th Century architectural architecture artists bearded beards colosseum Dutch exterior Fitz_PDP Heemskerck Italian Italy Maerten van Heemskerck male man oil on panel painter painting portraits Renaissance Roman Rome ruins self portrait van Heemskerck

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