A girl with a mirror, an allegory of Profane Love, by Paulus Moreelse

An image of A girl with a mirror, an allegory of Profane Love. Moreelse, Paulus (Dutch, 1571-1638). Oil on canvas, height 105.5 cm, width 83 cm, 1627.

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A girl with a mirror, an allegory of Profane Love. Moreelse, Paulus (Dutch, 1571-1638). Oil on canvas, height 105.5 cm, width 83 cm, 1627.

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Accession Number: PD.32-1968
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 803 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 652.61kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:01:29 15:08:47

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