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The French Comedians

Antoine Watteau · 1684–1721

Maximum print size

32.8 × 26.2 cm · 12.9 × 10.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,867 × 3,075 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.8 × 26.2 cm · 12.9 × 10.3 in
Mat border, sides: 9.1 cm · 3.6 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1720
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 57.2 × 73.0 cm · 22.5 × 28.7 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Actors, Men, Theatre, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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