View from the Fortress Sant' Elmo, by Degas

An image of View from the Fortress Sant' Elmo from Capodimonte, Naples. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, height 20cm, width 27cm, circa 1856-59.

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View from the Fortress Sant' Elmo from Capodimonte, Naples. Degas, Edgar (French, 1834-1917). Oil on paper, laid down on canvas, height 20cm, width 27cm, circa 1856-59.

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Accession Number: PD.18-2000
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 751 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 106.96kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2010:11:08 05:36:47

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19th Century building castel countryside Degas exterior Fitz_PDP fortress forts French Italian Italy landscape Mediterranean monastery Naples oil on canvas painting religious remote San Martino

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