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A village bonfire, by Esaias van de Velde

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An image of A village bonfire. Velde, Esaias I van de (Dutch, 1587-1630). Black chalk, brown-grey wash, on paper, height 187 mm, width 305 mm, 1628.

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A village bonfire. Velde, Esaias I van de (Dutch, 1587-1630). Black chalk, brown-grey wash, on paper, height 187 mm, width 305 mm, 1628.

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  • Accession Number: PD.771-1963
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/19.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 635 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 152.37kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 19/1
  • Captured: 2016:04:13 14:22:25

Key words

17th Century architectural architecture blaze bonfire building chalk cottage drawing Dutch Dutch Golden Age Esaias van de Velde exterior fire Fitz_PDP flames homes houses residence rustic van de velde village village green villagers

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rgb(200,187,155), rgb(89,77,56), rgb(247,242,220), rgb(135,121,95), rgb(165,151,122), rgb(147,140,110), rgb(108,100,78), rgb(156,140,107), rgb(113,100,67), rgb(228,216,186), rgb(233,228,195)

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