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A barefoot man wearing tattered clothing, with his hands clasped at his chest, kneels at the feet of an old, bearded man in this almost square painting. The pair is flanked by five people on our right and a man, boy, and calf on our left.

The Return of the Prodigal Son

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish, 1617–1682)

Date
1667/1670
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
93 × 102¾ in (236.3 × 261 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1948.12.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of the Avalon Foundation

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
21¾ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
66 in (168 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.
The Return of the Prodigal Son: a 21¾ × 24 in print hung above a mantel, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
21¾ × 24 in landscape print (55 × 61 cm), centered 66 in from the floor, 6 in above the mantel. 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 11.6 % 8 × 8¾ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 2478 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 9.5 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 1819 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 9.5 % 14½ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 1367 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 11.6 % 16 × 17¾ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 1236 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 20 in trims 9.5 % 18 × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 1094 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 24 in trims 9.5 % 21¾ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 911 dpi, crisp 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).

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery 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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