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The crossing of the Red Sea, by Johan Wierix, after Marten van Cleve

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An image of Album / Print. The crossing of the Red Sea, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Wierix, Johan (Flemish, c. 1549- c.1620). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State I//IV. Flemish/Dutch.

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Album / Print. The crossing of the Red Sea, from The story of Moses and the Pharaoh. Wierix, Johan (Flemish, c. 1549- c.1620). Jode, Gerard de (publisher, Dutch, 1509/17-1591). After Cleve, Marten I van (Netherlandish, 1527-1581). Engraving, circa 1585. State I//IV. Flemish/Dutch.

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  • Accession Number: 24.i.6-63
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 714 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 309.54kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1
  • Captured: 2013:07:19 11:46:56

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