The Fitzwilliam Museum - Summer - Ceres, by Maarten de Vos

An image of Summer - Ceres. Vos, Maarten de (Flemish, 1532-1603). Bistre pen and wash, heightened with white, partly oxidised, on paper, height 205 mm, width 264 mm, circa 1587-1588. Production Note: one of a series of four representing the seasons, see no. 3708. Notes: Engraved by A. Collaert (1560-1618); see Hollstein, Vol. IV, p. 204, no. 458; engraving marked at top: "Aestas Cereri S.".

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Summer - Ceres. Vos, Maarten de (Flemish, 1532-1603). Bistre pen and wash, heightened with white, partly oxidised, on paper, height 205 mm, width 264 mm, circa 1587-1588. Production Note: one of a series of four representing the seasons, see no. 3708. Notes: Engraved by A. Collaert (1560-1618); see Hollstein, Vol. IV, p. 204, no. 458; engraving marked at top: "Aestas Cereri S.".

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Accession Number: 3709
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
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Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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