The Woman Taken in Adultery, attrib. to Nicola Grassi

An image of The Woman Taken in Adultery. Grassi, Nicola, attributed to (Italian, a.1682-c.1750). Oil on canvas, height 28.0 cm, width 41.0 cm. Production Note: possibly German.

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The Woman Taken in Adultery. Grassi, Nicola, attributed to (Italian, a.1682-c.1750). Oil on canvas, height 28.0 cm, width 41.0 cm. Production Note: possibly German.

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Accession Number: PD.50-1992
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 695 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 159.80kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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