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Design for a Frontispiece with the Medici Arms

Jan van der Straet, called Stradanus · 1523–1605

Maximum print size

32.8 × 21.8 cm · 12.9 × 8.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,877 × 2,567 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.8 × 21.8 cm · 12.9 × 8.6 in
Mat border, sides: 9.1 cm · 3.6 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 16th century
Medium: Pen and brown ink, brush and blue wash, heightened with white, incised for transfer; with collage
Type: Drawings
Size: 19.1 × 29.5 cm · 7.5 × 11.6 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Coat of Arms, Cows, Deer, Lions, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗