Study of a seated man holding cards, by Adriaen van de Velde

An image of Recto: Study of a seated man holding cards. Verso: The head of the same sitter. Velde, Adriaen van de, attributed (Dutch, 1636-1672). Recto: black chalk, with blue-grey wash verso: graphite on paper. Height 235 mm, width 192 mm. Production Note: probably not by Adriaen van de Velde.

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Recto: Study of a seated man holding cards. Verso: The head of the same sitter. Velde, Adriaen van de, attributed (Dutch, 1636-1672). Recto: black chalk, with blue-grey wash verso: graphite on paper. Height 235 mm, width 192 mm. Production Note: probably not by Adriaen van de Velde.

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Accession Number: 3166
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 837 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 595.50kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2018:12:12 01:19:13

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Adriaen van de Velde card players cards chalk clothes clothing drawing Dutch Dutch Golden Age fashion Fitz_PDP hats male playing cards recto seated sitting tunic van de Velde

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