Neptune and the Winds, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760s, oil on canvas

Neptune and the Winds

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date
1760s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
24½ × 24½ in (62.2 × 62.2 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 37.165.4. See the museum’s record
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1937

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24 × 24 in, filling the paper
Center
67¼ in (171 cm) from the floor
Above the mantel
6 in (15 cm) from the mantel to the frame
Ideal width
44 to 50 in over a 66 in mantel
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 4 to 8 in above the mantel, so the 6 in gap sets the height.
Neptune and the Winds: a 24 × 24 in print hung above a mantel, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 24 in square print (61 × 61 cm), centered 67¼ in from the floor, 6 in above the mantel. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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