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Death on a Canopied Throne (Design for a Title Page)

Godfried Maes · 1649–1700

Maximum print size

14.0 × 22.6 cm · 5.5 × 8.9 in

at 300 DPI from the 1,645 × 2,668 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 14.0 × 22.6 cm · 5.5 × 8.9 in
Mat border, sides: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.6 cm · 2.6 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: late 17th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, touches of white gouache, over black chalk. Laid down on heavy paper mount. Incised (?).
Type: Drawings
Size: 15.7 × 9.4 cm · 6.2 × 3.7 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Death, Houses, Skeletons, Skulls
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗