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The Adoration of the Shepherds

François Boucher · 1703–1770

Maximum print size

20.8 × 30.5 cm · 8.2 × 12.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,461 × 3,602 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 20.8 × 30.5 cm · 8.2 × 12.0 in
Mat border, sides: 3.6 cm · 1.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 2.5 cm · 1.0 in

Colour palette

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Details

Medium: Gouache over black chalk underdrawing, on paper, mounted on canvas
Type: Drawings
Size: 41.3 × 27.9 cm · 16.3 × 11.0 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Adoration of the Shepherds, Angels, Jesus
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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