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The "Canopus" of the Villa Adriana at Tivoli

Giovanni Battista Piranesi · 1720–1778

Maximum print size

43.4 × 31.2 cm · 17.1 × 12.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 5,118 × 3,687 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame
50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening
43.4 × 31.2 cm · 17.1 × 12.3 in
Mat border, sides
3.6 cm · 1.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom
4.6 cm · 1.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date
1776
Medium
red chalk over black chalk on heavy laid paper
Type
Drawing
Size
38.9 × 53.8 cm · 15.3 × 21.2 in
Orientation
landscape
Collection
National Gallery of Art ↗

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