Joshua's victory over the Amorites, by Poussin

An image of Joshua's victory over the Amorites. Poussin, Nicolas (French, 1594-1665). Pen and brown ink with grey wash on paper, height 246 mm, width 391 mm.

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Joshua's victory over the Amorites. Poussin, Nicolas (French, 1594-1665). Pen and brown ink with grey wash on paper, height 246 mm, width 391 mm.

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Accession Number: 2606
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 651 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 156.67kB

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