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Venus and Cupid, by Adam Elsheimer

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An image of Venus and Cupid. Elsheimer, Adam (German, 1578-1610). Oil on copper, height 8.7 cm, width 14.6 cm, 1600-1605.

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Venus and Cupid. Elsheimer, Adam (German, 1578-1610). Oil on copper, height 8.7 cm, width 14.6 cm, 1600-1605.

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  • Accession Number: 532
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 604 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 96.47kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2013:08:13 10:47:07

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17th Century Adam Elsheimer Aphrodite Baroque Cupid Elsheimer female Fitz_PDP German goddess gods nude oil on copper painting Venus Venus and Cupid

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