L'Umana Fragilita (Human Frailty), by Salvator Rosa

An image of L'Umana Fragilità (Human Frailty). Rosa, Salvator (Italian, 1615-1673). Oil on canvas, height 197.4 cm, width 131.51 cm, c.1656.

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L'Umana Fragilità (Human Frailty). Rosa, Salvator (Italian, 1615-1673). Oil on canvas, height 197.4 cm, width 131.51 cm, c.1656.

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Accession Number: PD.53-1958
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Image Library; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 683 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 525.34kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2010:01:11 20:25:34

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17th Century afterlife allegorical allegory baby Baroque child children death female Fitz_PDP human frailty humanity infants Italian mother mother and child Neopolitan School oil on canvas owl painting Salvator Rosa skeleton winged wings

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