Butcher dismembering a pig, by Abraham Jansz. van Diepenbeeck

An image of Butcher dismembering a pig. Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van (Flemish, 1596-1675). Red chalk, pen and brown ink with wash over graphite, some lines incised, within drawn brown ink line, on laid paper, height, drawn area, 55 mm, width, drawn area, 71 mm; height, sheet size, 56 mm, width, sheet size, 72 mm, in or before 1631.

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Butcher dismembering a pig. Diepenbeeck, Abraham Jansz. van (Flemish, 1596-1675). Red chalk, pen and brown ink with wash over graphite, some lines incised, within drawn brown ink line, on laid paper, height, drawn area, 55 mm, width, drawn area, 71 mm; height, sheet size, 56 mm, width, sheet size, 72 mm, in or before 1631.

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Accession Number: PD.95-1964
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 795 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 212.29kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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