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Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) · 1734–1797

Maximum print size

33.3 × 26.7 cm · 13.1 × 10.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,915 × 3,156 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 33.3 × 26.7 cm · 13.1 × 10.5 in
Mat border, sides: 8.9 cm · 3.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1779
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 101.6 × 127.0 cm · 40.0 × 50.0 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Men, Moon, Tombs
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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