The Nativity, by Ghirlandaio

An image of The Nativity. Ghirlandaio, Domenico (Domenico Bigordi) (Italian, 1449-1494). Egg tempera on panel, height 85.4 cm, width 62.5 cm. Florentine School. Production Note: formerly attributed to Sebastiano Mainardi.

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The Nativity. Ghirlandaio, Domenico (Domenico Bigordi) (Italian, 1449-1494). Egg tempera on panel, height 85.4 cm, width 62.5 cm. Florentine School. Production Note: formerly attributed to Sebastiano Mainardi.

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Accession Number: M.54
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 745 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 776.53kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2015:01:16 09:41:23

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