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Design for a Stage Curtain: The Interior of an Elaborate Temple Dedicated to Illustrious Men

Ennemond Alexandre Petitot · 1727–1801

Maximum print size

43.9 × 40.4 cm · 17.3 × 15.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 5,199 × 4,777 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 61.0 × 45.7 cm · 24.0 × 18.0 in
Mat opening: 43.9 × 40.4 cm · 17.3 × 15.9 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 2.5 cm · 1.0 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1780s?
Medium: pen and gray ink with gray and gray-brown wash on laid paper
Type: Drawing
Size: 37.0 × 39.8 cm · 14.6 × 15.7 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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