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Insects and the Head of a Wind God

Joris Hoefnagel · 1542–1600

Maximum print size

32.3 × 22.1 cm · 12.7 × 8.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,805 × 2,607 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 32.3 × 22.1 cm · 12.7 × 8.7 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1590–1600
Medium: Pen and brown ink, colored washes, gold paint, on vellum
Type: Drawings
Size: 12.0 × 17.3 cm · 4.7 × 6.8 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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