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Arcadian Landscape with an Obelisk

Salomon Gessner · 1730–1788

Maximum print size

38.4 × 27.2 cm · 15.1 × 10.7 in

at 300 DPI from the 4,543 × 3,209 px original. Comfortably fills a standard 8×10 inch frame.

Frame: 50.8 × 40.6 cm · 20.0 × 16.0 in
Mat opening: 38.4 × 27.2 cm · 15.1 × 10.7 in
Mat border, sides: 6.4 cm · 2.5 in
Mat border, top and bottom: 6.9 cm · 2.7 in

Colour palette

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Details

Date: 1785
Medium: gouache on laid paper
Type: Drawing
Size: 28.1 × 38.8 cm · 11.1 × 15.3 in
Orientation: landscape
Collection: National Gallery of Art ↗

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