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Self-Portrait, with the Colosseum, by Maerten van Heemskerck

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An image of Self-Portrait with the Colosseum, Rome. Heemskerck, Maerten van (1498-1574). Oil on panel, height 42.2 cm, width 54.0 cm, 1553.

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Self-Portrait with the Colosseum, Rome. Heemskerck, Maerten van (1498-1574). Oil on panel, height 42.2 cm, width 54.0 cm, 1553.

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  • Accession Number: 103
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 800 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 165.28kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2011:04:05 19:31:13

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16th Century architectural architecture artists bearded beards colosseum Dutch exterior Fitz_PDP Heemskerck Italian Italy Maerten van Heemskerck male man oil on panel painter painting portraits Renaissance Roman Rome ruins self portrait van Heemskerck

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