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Head of a Boy Singing (Study for Music)

Luc-Olivier Merson · 1846–1920

Maximum print size

27.2 × 31.8 cm · 10.7 × 12.5 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,212 × 3,752 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 40.6 × 50.8 cm · 16.0 × 20.0 in
Mat opening: 27.2 × 31.8 cm · 10.7 × 12.5 in
Mat border, sides: 6.9 cm · 2.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 9.7 cm · 3.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1898
Medium: black, white, and red chalk with stumping, pricked for transfer
Type: Drawing
Origin: France, 19th century
Orientation: portrait
Collection: The Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

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