Portrait of a Child, presumed Mattys Decker, by Arent de Gelder

An image of Portrait of a child, presumed Mattys Decker (b.1679). de Gelder, Arent (Dutch, 1645-1727). Oil on canvas, height 91.6 cm, width 86 cm, circa 1680. Doug Atfield Image.

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Portrait of a child, presumed Mattys Decker (b.1679). de Gelder, Arent (Dutch, 1645-1727). Oil on canvas, height 91.6 cm, width 86 cm, circa 1680. Doug Atfield Image.

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Accession Number: 455
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/27.0
Focal length: 80
Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 855 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 552.73kB
Exposure time: 1/180
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1
Captured: 2014:02:24 14:13:09

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17th Century Arent de Gelder baby boys caps child childhood children clothes clothing costume Dutch fashion Fitz_PDP full length hats infancy infants lace collar male oil on canvas painting portraits youth

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