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Sketch of a Head (verso)

Gaetano Gandolfi · 1734–1802

Maximum print size

65.8 × 47.8 cm · 25.9 × 18.8 in

at 300 DPI from the 7,772 × 5,636 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 18×24 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 61.0 cm · 36.0 × 24.0 in
Mat opening: 65.8 × 47.8 cm · 25.9 × 18.8 in
Mat border, sides: 13.0 cm · 5.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.6 cm · 2.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1780s?
Medium: blue pastel (head); random pastel marks
Type: Drawing
Origin: Italy, 18th century
Orientation: landscape
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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