Furbelows

Albert Sterner (1863–1946)

Date: 1941
Medium: oil on fiberboard
Size: 27 × 23¾ in (68.6 × 60.5 cm)
Museum: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1956.10.2. See the museum’s record
Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 17½ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

17½ × 20 in portrait print (45 × 51 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

Paper	Filling the paper	Printed whole	Frame	Frame with a 2 in mat	Frame with a 3 in mat	Sharpness
8 × 10 in	trims 9.3 %	8 × 9 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	322 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in	trims 11.8 %	10½ × 12 in	12 × 12 in ready-made	16 × 16 in ready-made	18 × 18 in custom	243 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in	trims 10.9 %	11 × 12½ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	234 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in	trims 11.8 %	14 × 16 in	16 × 16 in ready-made	20 × 20 in ready-made	22 × 22 in custom	183 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	trims 9.3 %	16 × 18 in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	161 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in	trims 11.8 %	17½ × 20 in	20 × 20 in ready-made	24 × 24 in ready-made	26 × 26 in custom	146 dpi, soft up close

Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 482 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 726 × 843 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Print file 1,721 × 2,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
Original file 2,582 × 3,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.