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Hounds attacking a wild boar, by Frans Snyders

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An image of Hounds attacking a wild boar. Snyders, Frans (Flemish artist, 1579-1657). Pen, brown ink, brown wash, on paper and black chalk, height 178 mm, width 278 mm. Production Note: Central scene in the drawing is repeated in a painting in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Ghent.

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Hounds attacking a wild boar. Snyders, Frans (Flemish artist, 1579-1657). Pen, brown ink, brown wash, on paper and black chalk, height 178 mm, width 278 mm. Production Note: Central scene in the drawing is repeated in a painting in the Musee des Beaux-Arts, Ghent.

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  • Accession Number: PD.720-1963
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 80
  • Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 659 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 159.49kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 22/1

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17th Century animal animals attack attacking boar boar hunt boar hunting chalk dogs drawing Fitz_PDP Flemish Frans Snijders Frans Snyders hounds hunting pigs wild boar

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rgb(229,211,168), rgb(127,100,60), rgb(174,148,103), rgb(251,250,229), rgb(200,175,130), rgb(214,190,138), rgb(142,114,85), rgb(140,124,86), rgb(179,155,124), rgb(179,164,125), rgb(196,188,150)

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