A brown stone vase of flowers with birds-nest on a marble slab, by Gerard van Spaendonck

An image of Miniature painting. A brown stone vase of flowers with birds-nest on a marble slab. Spaendonck, Gerard van (Dutch, 1746-1822). Watercolour and gouache, diameter, sight size, 79 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven. Notes: framed as a pair with PD.1041-1973.

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Miniature painting. A brown stone vase of flowers with birds-nest on a marble slab. Spaendonck, Gerard van (Dutch, 1746-1822). Watercolour and gouache, diameter, sight size, 79 mm. Acquisition: bequeathed 1973 by Henry Rogers Broughton Fairhaven. Notes: framed as a pair with PD.1041-1973.

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Accession Number: PD.1040-1973
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/19.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Katie Young
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 1017 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 848.97kB
Exposure time: 1/90
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 19/1

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18th Century 19th Century _WF_Fairhaven birds birds eggs birds-nest botanical circular Dutch eggs floral flower arrangement flowers Gerard van Spaendonck gouache Iridaceae iris Irises marble slab miniature nest painting pink roses roses round slab Spaendonck vase of flowers vases watercolour

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