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Mother and Child by the Sea

Johan Christian Dahl · 1788–1857

Maximum print size

33.8 × 26.2 cm · 13.3 × 10.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,000 × 3,097 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.8 × 26.2 cm · 13.3 × 10.3 in
Mat border, sides: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1830
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 15.9 × 20.6 cm · 6.3 × 8.1 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Beaches, Boats, Children, Clouds, Night, Women
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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