The Fitzwilliam Museum - Autumn - Bacchus, by Maarten de Vos

An image of Autumn - Bacchus. Vos, Maarten de (Flemish, 1532-1603). Pen, bistre ink and wash, heightened with white, partly oxidised, on paper, height 203 mm, width 270 mm. Production Note: see no. 3708; one of a series of four representing the seasons. Engraved: by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618); see Hollstein, Vol. IV, p. 204, no. 459; engraving marked at top: "Autumnus Baccho S.".

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Autumn - Bacchus. Vos, Maarten de (Flemish, 1532-1603). Pen, bistre ink and wash, heightened with white, partly oxidised, on paper, height 203 mm, width 270 mm. Production Note: see no. 3708; one of a series of four representing the seasons. Engraved: by Adriaen Collaert (1560-1618); see Hollstein, Vol. IV, p. 204, no. 459; engraving marked at top: "Autumnus Baccho S.".

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Accession Number: 3710
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
Image height: 764 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 174.06kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1

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