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The Creation of Birds, by Roelant Savery

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An image of The Creation of Birds. Savery, Roelant (Dutch, 1576-1639). Oil on panel, height 20.6 cm, width 25.4 cm, 1619.

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The Creation of Birds. Savery, Roelant (Dutch, 1576-1639). Oil on panel, height 20.6 cm, width 25.4 cm, 1619.

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  • Accession Number: 343
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/11.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 827 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 843.49kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 11/1
  • Captured: 2014:06:18 09:46:36

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17th Century birds creation creator Dutch fantastical fantasy Fitz_PDP oil on panel painting Roelant Savery Savery wooded woods

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