Canaletto Piazza San Marco, late 1720s
Entrance to the Grand Canal near the Punta della Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute
Workshop of Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768)
- Date
- 1730 - 1745
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 24 × 31¼ in (61 × 79.5 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-3384. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- J.W.E. vom Rath Bequest, Amsterdam
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #8B8E7D, 38 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #685A41, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #9C886A, 14 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #836C4D, 13 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #4D4531, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 2.3 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 4.1 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 600 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2.3 % | 10¾ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 436 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 2.3 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 397 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 4.1 % | 15¼ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 300 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 2.3 % | 18 × 23½ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 265 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 2.3 % | 30 × 39 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 159 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 2.3 % | 36 × 47 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 132 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 (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 423 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 637 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,510 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 6,362 × 4,804 px from Rijksmuseum
- The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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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