The Creation of Birds, by Roelant Savery

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The Creation of Birds. Savery, Roelant (Dutch, 1576-1639). Oil on panel, height 20.6 cm, width 25.4 cm, 1619.

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Accession Number: 343
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 827 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 843.49kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1
Captured: 2014:06:18 09:46:36

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17th Century birds creation creator Dutch fantastical fantasy Fitz_PDP oil on panel painting Roelant Savery Savery wooded woods

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