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A Young Man Embracing a Girl

Giovanni Battista Piazzetta · 1683–1754

Maximum print size

30.2 × 38.1 cm · 11.9 × 15.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,578 × 4,513 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 30.2 × 38.1 cm · 11.9 × 15.0 in
Mat border, sides: 5.3 cm · 2.1 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1743
Medium: charcoal on blue paper (now faded) heightened with white chalk
Type: Drawing
Size: 39.5 × 31.6 cm · 15.6 × 12.4 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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