Bernardo Bellotto View of Pirna with the Fortress of Sonnenstein, c. 1760
Vaprio d'Adda
Bernardo Bellotto (Italian, 1722–1780)
- Date
- 1744
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 25¼ × 39¼ in (64.1 × 99.7 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 39.142. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1939
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #272D24, 31 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #3C4A40, 21 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #71949F, 20 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #4A6D79, 18 % of the picture, closest to Teal walls
- #717F79, 10 % of the picture, closest to Teal walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 55¼ in (140 cm) from the floor
- Above the sofa
- 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
- Ideal width
- 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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Print it
Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | trims 3.5 % | 19¼ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 123 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 3.5 % | 23¼ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 103 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) 560 × 364 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 389 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,809 × 2,475 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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