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The Adoration of the Shepherds

Andrea Mantegna · 1430–1506

Maximum print size

33.0 × 24.4 cm · 13.0 × 9.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,911 × 2,879 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.0 × 24.4 cm · 13.0 × 9.6 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.1 cm · 3.2 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: shortly after 1450
Medium: Tempera on canvas, transferred from wood
Type: Paintings
Size: 40.0 × 55.6 cm · 15.7 × 21.9 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Adoration of the Shepherds, Holy Family, Jesus
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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