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A Capriccio view of Roman ruins, by Giovanni Paolo Pannini

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An image of A Capriccio View of Roman Ruins. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian, 1691/2-1765). Oil on canvas, height 36.8 cm, width 69.2 cm, 1737.

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A Capriccio View of Roman Ruins. Pannini, Giovanni Paolo (Italian, 1691/2-1765). Oil on canvas, height 36.8 cm, width 69.2 cm, 1737.

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  • Accession Number: PD.107-1992
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/13.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 545 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 127.33kB
  • Exposure time: 1/250
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 13/1
  • Captured: 2012:02:28 14:04:01

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