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Avalanche in an Alpine Landscape

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes · 1824–1898

Maximum print size

64.5 × 43.9 cm · 25.4 × 17.3 in

at 300 DPI from the 7,612 × 5,204 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 16×20 inch frame.

Frame: 91.4 × 61.0 cm · 36.0 × 24.0 in
Mat opening: 64.5 × 43.9 cm · 25.4 × 17.3 in
Mat border, sides: 13.5 cm · 5.3 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 8.6 cm · 3.4 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: c. 1870
Medium: black and white chalk on blue paper (verso)
Type: Drawing
Size: 35.9 × 23.9 cm · 14.1 × 9.4 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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