Les Pères du désert, St Francis praying, by Jean Jacques de Boissieu

An image of Print album. Les Pères du désert. St Francis praying. Boissieu, Jean Jacques de, printmaker (French, 1736-1810). Zurbarán, Francisco de, after (Spanish, 1598-p.1664). Etching, drypoint, roulette, 1797. Production Note: Only the figure of the saint is based on a work by Zurbarán (the picture was then owned by Boissieu).

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Print album. Les Pères du désert. St Francis praying. Boissieu, Jean Jacques de, printmaker (French, 1736-1810). Zurbarán, Francisco de, after (Spanish, 1598-p.1664). Etching, drypoint, roulette, 1797. Production Note: Only the figure of the saint is based on a work by Zurbarán (the picture was then owned by Boissieu).

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Accession Number: 30.K.7-108
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 744 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 839.08kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:07:21 15:37:43

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18th Century album Boissieu Christianity de Boissieu drypoint etching Fitz_PDP Franciscan Francisco de Zurbaran French friar Jean Jacques de Boissieu male mendicant monks prayer praying print print album religious order roulette Saint Francis of Assisi saints Spanish St Francis trees Zurbaran

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