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A Vase of Flowers, by Louis Leopold Boilly

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An image of A Vase of Flowers. Boilly, Louis Léopold (French, 1761-1845). Oil on paper on canvas. Height 46 cm, width 33.8 cm.

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A Vase of Flowers. Boilly, Louis Léopold (French, 1761-1845). Oil on paper on canvas. Height 46 cm, width 33.8 cm.

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  • Accession Number: PD.17-1975
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 1025 pixels
  • Image width: 755 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 677.14kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2010:11:08 09:38:00

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18th Century 19th Century birds Boilly dead dead birds death Fitz_PDP floral flower arrangement flowers French Lathyrus Louis Leopold Boilly memento mori oil on canvas painting pink roses rosebud roses still life sweet peas vases

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