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Two Men Contemplating the Moon

Caspar David Friedrich · 1774–1840

Maximum print size

33.8 × 27.4 cm · 13.3 × 10.8 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,000 × 3,237 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.8 × 27.4 cm · 13.3 × 10.8 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.6 cm · 2.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1825–30
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 34.9 × 43.8 cm · 13.7 × 17.2 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Contemplation, Men, Moon
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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