Study for Mary Magdalene, by Rubens

An image of Study for Mary Magdalene. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Charcoal on buff paper, height 262 mm, width 402 mm.

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Study for Mary Magdalene. Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish, 1577-1640). Charcoal on buff paper, height 262 mm, width 402 mm.

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Accession Number: 2182
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 672 pixels
Image width: 1023 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 142.02kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2016:11:15 12:38:24

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17th Century Baroque charcoal drawing female Fitz_PDP Flemish hair kneeling long hair long haired Magdalen Mary Magdalene penitent Peter Paul Rubens Rubens woman

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