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A plucked duck suspended by its neck and one leg, by Jacob III de Gheyn

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An image of A plucked duck suspended by its neck and one leg. Gheyn, Jacob III de (Dutch, c.1596-1641). Pen and brown ink on light brown paper, height 382 mm, width 244 mm. Alternative Number(s): Lugt; 2600, Lugt; 1405a.

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A plucked duck suspended by its neck and one leg. Gheyn, Jacob III de (Dutch, c.1596-1641). Pen and brown ink on light brown paper, height 382 mm, width 244 mm. Alternative Number(s): Lugt; 2600, Lugt; 1405a.

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  • Accession Number: PD.348-1963
  • 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: 656 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 731.51kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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17th Century birds de Gheyn drawing ducks Dutch Fitz_PDP Jacob de Gheyn III Jacob III de Gheyn plucked plucking

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