A Watergate by an Estuary, by Jan Josephsz. van Goyen

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A Watergate by an Estuary. Goyen, Jan Josephsz. van (Dutch, 1596-1656). Oil on panel, height 37.4 cm, width 56.4 cm, 1644.

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Accession Number: PD.5-1970
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Michael Jones
Image height: 680 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 111.14kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2013:01:15 11:50:56

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