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The First Day (Dies I): The Separation of Darkness and Light, plate 1 from The Creation of the World, a series of seven plates

Hendrick Goltzius

Maximum print size

16.3 × 16.3 cm · 6.4 × 6.4 in

at 300 DPI from the 1,922 × 1,915 px original. Too small for a standard frame at full quality. Best viewed on screen.

Frame: 27.9 × 35.6 cm · 11.0 × 14.0 in
Mat opening: 16.3 × 16.3 cm · 6.4 × 6.4 in
Mat border, sides: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1589
Medium: Engraving; New Holl.'s second state of two
Type: Prints
Orientation: square
Subjects: Female Nudes, Male Nudes
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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