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The meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek, by Rubens

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An image of The meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek. Sketch for the 'Eucharist' series of designs. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish 1577-1640). Oil on panel, height 15.6 cm, width 15.6 cm, circa 1625-1626.

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The meeting of Abraham and Melchisedek. Sketch for the 'Eucharist' series of designs. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish 1577-1640). Oil on panel, height 15.6 cm, width 15.6 cm, circa 1625-1626.

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  • Accession Number: 231
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1021 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 266.71kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2011:11:04 15:16:15

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17th Century Abraham aged architectural Baroque bearded beards biblical blessing Catholic Catholicism columns ecclesiastical elderly encounter Eucharist eucharistic Fitz_PDP Flemish Genesis hebrew kings male meeting oil on panel oil on wood old old age Old Testament painting patriarch priest religious Rubens sketch soldiers temple Artist/Maker

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