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Venus and Adonis

Peter Paul Rubens · 1577–1640

Maximum print size

32.3 × 26.2 cm · 12.7 × 10.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 3,809 × 3,089 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 × 26.2 cm · 12.7 × 10.3 in
Mat border, sides: 9.4 cm · 3.7 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 7.1 cm · 2.8 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: probably mid-1630s
Medium: Oil on canvas
Type: Paintings
Size: 197.5 × 242.9 cm · 77.8 × 95.6 in
Orientation: landscape
Subjects: Cupid, Dogs, Female Nudes, Venus
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗

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