Still-life with fruit and macaws, by Balthasar van der Ast

An image of Still-life with fruit and macaws. Ast, Balthasar van der (Dutch, 1593/4-1657). Oil on copper, height 20.5 cm, width 26.8 cm, 1622.

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Still-life with fruit and macaws. Ast, Balthasar van der (Dutch, 1593/4-1657). Oil on copper, height 20.5 cm, width 26.8 cm, 1622.

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Accession Number: 295
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/20.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael F. Jones
Image height: 787 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 199.99kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 20/1
Captured: 2014:02:18 09:54:35

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17th Century Artist/Maker Balthasar van der Ast Date Department Dutch Fitz_PDP Medium Nationalities Object Type Other Keywords Workflow _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPAC _WF_PCtd birds bowls bunch of grapes fruits grapes grenadier leaves macaw oil on copper painting parrots pears pomegranate shelf shelves still life

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