Shipping before Dordrecht, by Simon de Vlieger

An image of Shipping before Dordrecht. Vlieger, Simon de (Dutch, c.1600-1653). Oil on panel, height 88 cm, width 122.5 cm, 1651.

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Shipping before Dordrecht. Vlieger, Simon de (Dutch, c.1600-1653). Oil on panel, height 88 cm, width 122.5 cm, 1651.

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Accession Number: 105
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 733 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 121.30kB
Exposure time: 1/250
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2014:01:21 10:03:31

Key words

17th Century boats calm water cities city clouds cloudy docked docks Dortrecht Dutch exterior fisherfolk fisherman fishermen fishing Fitz_PDP fleet gathering Grote Kerk harbour Holland marine maritime masts mercantile merchants Netherlandish Netherlands oil on panel painting ports sailing sails seascape shipping ships Simon de Vlieger trade trading

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