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The Nativity

Hippolyte Flandrin · 1809–1864

Maximum print size

33.3 × 19.1 cm · 13.1 × 7.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,923 × 2,253 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 5×7 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.3 × 19.1 cm · 13.1 × 7.5 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 10.9 cm · 4.3 in

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Details

Date: 1860
Medium: Red chalk on tracing paper; lined
Type: Drawings
Size: 22.2 × 39.3 cm · 8.7 × 15.5 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Human Figures, Jesus, Virgin Mary
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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