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Scherzo with Antique Figures

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778

Maximum print size

32.3 × 41.9 cm · 12.7 × 16.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,815 × 4,959 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 32.3 × 41.9 cm · 12.7 × 16.5 in
Mat border, sides: 4.3 cm · 1.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.6 cm · 1.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1744/1745
Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash over red chalk on laid paper pasted down on the remains of the artist's original mount
Type: Drawing
Size: 25.8 × 19.3 cm · 10.2 × 7.6 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗