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Project d'une Grotte (Plan for a Grotto)

Johann Esaias Nilson · 1721–1788

Maximum print size

29.2 × 38.6 cm · 11.5 × 15.2 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,446 × 4,573 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 29.2 × 38.6 cm · 11.5 × 15.2 in
Mat border, sides: 5.8 cm · 2.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.1 cm · 2.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1755/1760
Medium: etching and engraving on laid paper
Type: Print
Size: 26.7 × 19.9 cm · 10.5 × 7.8 in
Orientation: portrait
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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