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Insects, by Jan van Kessel

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An image of Insects. Kessel, Jan van I (Flemish, 1626-1679). Oil on copper, height 8.9 cm, width 12.7 cm.

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Insects. Kessel, Jan van I (Flemish, 1626-1679). Oil on copper, height 8.9 cm, width 12.7 cm.

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  • Accession Number: 506
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 697 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 148.89kB
  • Exposure time: 1/90
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2016:12:01 16:10:04

Key words

17th Century bees beetles bugs bumble bee butterflies butterfly caterpillars chrysalis Fitz_PDP Flemish flying insects honey bees horned beetle insects Jan van Kessel memento mori moths oil on copper painting van Kessel wasps

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