An academy study of a male nude, by Jacques-Louis David

An image of An academy study of a male nude. David, Jacques-Louis, attributed to (French, 1748-1825). Black chalk on off-white paper, laid down, height, paper, 610 mm, width, paper, 470 mm, 1764.

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An academy study of a male nude. David, Jacques-Louis, attributed to (French, 1748-1825). Black chalk on off-white paper, laid down, height, paper, 610 mm, width, paper, 470 mm, 1764.

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Accession Number: PD.970-1963
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 797 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 837.52kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:18 11:36:30

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