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Design for the Hilt of a Small-Sword

Luigi Valadier · 1726–1785

Maximum print size

27.2 × 33.8 cm · 10.7 × 13.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,200 × 4,000 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 × 33.8 cm · 10.7 × 13.3 in
Mat border, sides: 6.9 cm · 2.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: ca. 1780–90
Medium: Pen, ink, wash, graphite, vellum
Type: Works on Paper-Drawings
Size: 24.4 × 16.8 cm · 9.6 × 6.6 in
Origin: Italian, Rome
Orientation: portrait
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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