The Contest of Apollo and Pan, by Hans Rottenhammer the Elder

An image of The Contest of Apollo and Pan. Rottenhammer, Hans, the elder (German, 1564-1625). Oil on copper, height 25.4 cm, width 35 cm, 1599.

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The Contest of Apollo and Pan. Rottenhammer, Hans, the elder (German, 1564-1625). Oil on copper, height 25.4 cm, width 35 cm, 1599.

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Accession Number: PD.23-1981
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/13.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 770 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 782.38kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 13/1
Captured: 2017:01:04 15:04:32

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16th Century Apollo cherubs competition contest Faunus female Fitz_PDP German gods Hans Rottenhammer the Elder Johann Rottenhammer mythical mythological mythology nude oil on copper painting Pan pan Phoebus putti putto satyrs wooded woodland

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