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Shepherds Dreaming of the Flight into Egypt

Jean-Baptiste Deshays · 1729–1765

Maximum print size

25.7 × 27.9 cm · 10.1 × 11.0 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,040 × 3,291 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 25.7 × 27.9 cm · 10.1 × 11.0 in
Mat border, sides: 7.6 cm · 3.0 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 11.4 cm · 4.5 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 18th century
Medium: Oil paint over black chalk on paper, mounted on canvas. Varnished.
Type: Drawings
Size: 33.4 × 30.8 cm · 13.1 × 12.1 in
Orientation: portrait
Subjects: Men, Sheep, Shepherds, Sleeping, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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