Judgement of Paris, by Hendrik van Balen and Brueghel the elder

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Judgement of Paris. Balen, Hendrik I van (Flemish, 1575-1632). Brueghel, Jan, the elder (Flemish, 1568-1625). Oil on copper, height 24.8 cm, width 36.5 cm.

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Accession Number: 416
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 699 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 140.58kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 95/10
Captured: 2016:08:17 09:40:35

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