Holy family with an angel, by Isaac Oliver I

An image of Holy family with an angel. Oliver, Isaac I (British, 1556(?)-1617). Black chalk on paper, height 200 mm, width 145 mm.

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Holy family with an angel. Oliver, Isaac I (British, 1556(?)-1617). Black chalk on paper, height 200 mm, width 145 mm.

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Accession Number: PD.3-1947
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 785 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 599.48kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2018:05:29 23:20:49

Key words

16th Century 17th Century angels Baby Jesus breast feeding breastfeeding breasts British School chalk Christ Christ child Christianity Christmas drawing female Fitz_PDP Holy Family infant Christ Isaac Oliver Jesus Joseph Madonna Madonna and child Mary and Joseph religion religious succour suckling Virgin and Child Virgin Mary Xmas

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