Fan design with the Four Ages of Man, by Abraham Bosse

An image of Print album. Fan design with the Four Ages of Man. Bosse, Abraham, printmaker (French, 1602-1676). Etching, 1638. BN Inventaire (17thC) 1046. Blum 169. Part Of: 30.I.4; Oeuvre de Bosse Vol. 1.

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Print album. Fan design with the Four Ages of Man. Bosse, Abraham, printmaker (French, 1602-1676). Etching, 1638. BN Inventaire (17thC) 1046. Blum 169. Part Of: 30.I.4; Oeuvre de Bosse Vol. 1.

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Accession Number: 30.I.4-241
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 510 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.6 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 188.39kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1
Captured: 2014:06:04 10:12:31

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