A basket of flowers with shells on a ledge, by Balthasar van der Ast

An image of A basket of flowers with shells on a ledge. Ast, Balthasar van der (Dutch, 1593/4-1657). Oil on panel, height 20 cm, width 28.4 cm.

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A basket of flowers with shells on a ledge. Ast, Balthasar van der (Dutch, 1593/4-1657). Oil on panel, height 20 cm, width 28.4 cm.

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Accession Number: PD.15-1975
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/11.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 728 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 144.12kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 11/1
Captured: 2014:06:04 10:17:24

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17th Century Balthasar van der Ast baskets berries berry botanical carnations Caryophyllaceae cone shell cricket Dianthus Dutch Fitz_PDP floral flower arrangement flowers fly fruits grasshopper insects ledge memento mori mollusk oil on panel painting pink pinks sea shell shells still life strawberries strawberry tulips

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