Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Virgin and Child, 1670s
Don Andrés de Andrade y la Cal
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682)
- Date
- ca. 1665–72
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 79 × 47 in (200.7 × 119.4 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 27.219. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Bequest of Collis P. Huntington, by exchange, 1927
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #1A1712, 29 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #5E5845, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #453B2B, 21 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #33291D, 21 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #8C8060, 5 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 23¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Try it on your wall color
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 16.7 % | 4¼ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 571 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 20.7 % | 9½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 250 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 20.7 % | 14¼ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 166 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 10.8 % | 17¾ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 10.8 % | 21½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 111 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 20.7 % | 23¾ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 100 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 344 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 384 × 625 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,458 × 4,000 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (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.
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