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The Interrupted Sleep

François Boucher · 1703–1770

Maximum print size

30.7 × 33.8 cm · 12.1 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,619 × 4,000 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 30.7 × 33.8 cm · 12.1 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides: 5.1 cm · 2.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

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Details

Date: 1750
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 81.9 × 75.2 cm · 32.2 × 29.6 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Dogs, Men, Sheep, Sleeping, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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