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Manuscript Illumination with the Assumption of the Virgin in an Initial A, from an Antiphonary

Cosmè Tura (Cosimo di Domenico di Bonaventura) · 1433–1495

Maximum print size

22.1 × 31.5 cm · 8.7 × 12.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,609 × 3,722 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 22.1 × 31.5 cm · 8.7 × 12.4 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

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Details

Date: 1450–60
Medium: Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment
Type: Manuscripts and Illuminations
Size: 43.9 × 30.8 cm · 17.3 × 12.1 in
Origin: Italian
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Assumption of the Virgin, Dragons, Men, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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