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Oedipus and the Sphinx

Gustave Moreau · 1826–1898

Maximum print size

17.5 × 33.8 cm · 6.9 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 2,072 × 4,000 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 17.5 × 33.8 cm · 6.9 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides: 11.7 cm · 4.6 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1864
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 206.4 × 104.8 cm · 81.3 × 41.3 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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