Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton, as Fortune, by van Dyck

An image of Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton, as Fortune. van Dyck, Sir Anthony (Flemish, 1599-1641). Oil on canvas, height 219.5 cm, width 132.5 cm, 1638.

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Rachel de Ruvigny, Countess of Southampton, as Fortune. van Dyck, Sir Anthony (Flemish, 1599-1641). Oil on canvas, height 219.5 cm, width 132.5 cm, 1638.

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Accession Number: PD.73-1978
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal length: 63
Camera: GFX 50S
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 613 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 507.26kB
Exposure time: 1/160
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 9/1
Captured: 2018:05:17 03:55:56

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