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Plate 7: Swallowtail Butterfly

Joris Hoefnagel · 1542–1600

Maximum print size

42.4 × 32.0 cm · 16.7 × 12.6 in

at 300 DPI from the 5,021 × 3,776 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 11×14 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 42.4 × 32.0 cm · 16.7 × 12.6 in
Mat border, sides: 4.3 cm · 1.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 4.3 cm · 1.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c.1575/1590s
Medium: watercolor and gold paint on parchment
Type: Drawing
Size: 14.3 × 18.4 cm · 5.6 × 7.2 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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