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Der Tod als Freund (Death as a Friend)

Alfred Rethel · 1816–1859

Maximum print size

41.1 × 54.1 cm · 16.2 × 21.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,872 × 6,394 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 16×20 inch frame.

Frame: 61.0 × 91.4 cm · 24.0 × 36.0 in
Mat opening: 41.1 × 54.1 cm · 16.2 × 21.3 in
Mat border, sides: 9.9 cm · 3.9 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 18.8 cm · 7.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1831
Medium: wood engraving on wove paper [second edition]
Type: Print
Size: 30.1 × 27.0 cm · 11.9 × 10.6 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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