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A Young Man with a Staff

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778

Maximum print size

25.7 × 39.1 cm · 10.1 × 15.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,031 × 4,605 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 25.7 × 39.1 cm · 10.1 × 15.4 in
Mat border, sides: 7.6 cm · 3.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1765
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash on laid paper
Type: Drawing
Size: 15.9 × 10.5 cm · 6.3 × 4.1 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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