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Piazza San Marco, Canaletto, late 1720s, oil on canvas

Piazza San Marco

Canaletto (Italian, 1697–1768)

Date
late 1720s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
27 × 44¼ in (68.6 × 112.4 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1988.162. See the museum’s record
Credit
Purchase, Mrs. Charles Wrightsman Gift, 1988

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
55½ in (141 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.
Piazza San Marco: a 24½ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24½ × 40 in landscape print (62 × 102 cm), centered 55½ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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
5 × 7 in trims 14.5 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 567 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 18.6 % 9¾ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 248 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 18.6 % 14¾ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 165 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 8.4 % 18¼ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 132 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 8.4 % 22 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 110 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 18.6 % 24½ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 99 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).

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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