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Death of Hippolytus, by Rubens

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An image of Death of Hippolytus. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Oil on copper, height 50.2 cm, width 70.8 cm, c.1611-1613.

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Death of Hippolytus. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Oil on copper, height 50.2 cm, width 70.8 cm, c.1611-1613.

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  • Accession Number: PD.8-1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 50.8
  • Camera: GFX 50S
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 728 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 171.20kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2017:09:27 23:08:50

Key words

17th Century animal animals Baroque battle chariot charioteer crab creature crustacea dappled death dramatic Fitz_PDP Flemish fright grey horse Hippolyte Hippolytus horses lizards male male nude monster mythological mythology nude oil on copper painting quadriga Rubens sea creature sea monster sea shell sea shore seashells seashore shells shore tortoise turtle warriors

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rgb(189,152,116), rgb(138,110,74), rgb(37,36,25), rgb(32,85,98), rgb(102,76,40), rgb(96,113,103), rgb(105,134,135), rgb(157,158,137), rgb(75,53,27), rgb(179,55,37), rgb(70,78,64)

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