Venus Pudica, by Lucas Fayd'herbe

An image of Sculpture / Figure. Venus Pudica. Fayd'herbe, Lucas (Flemish, 1617-1697). Ivory, carved in the round, height, whole, 23.5 cm, circa 1640-1697. Flemish.

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Sculpture / Figure. Venus Pudica. Fayd'herbe, Lucas (Flemish, 1617-1697). Ivory, carved in the round, height, whole, 23.5 cm, circa 1640-1697. Flemish.

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Accession Number: M.410-1985
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 531 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 266.24kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2013:01:21 15:14:28

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17th Century Aphrodite Baroque beauty carved contrapposto female female nude figure Fitz_AA Flemish goddess gods ivory Lucas Fayd'herbe nude sculpture Venus woman

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