Still-life with a lobster, by Joris van Son

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Still-life with a lobster. Son, Joris van (Flemish, 1623-1667). Oil on canvas, height, 64.1, cm, width, 89.2, cm, 1660.

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Accession Number: M.76
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 736 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 136.72kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 9/1
Captured: 2019:07:11 22:58:06

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