Carroll Beckwith The Palace of the Popes and Pont d'Avignon, 1911
St. Isidor, Rome
Carroll Beckwith (1852–1917)
- Date
- 1911
- Medium
- oil on wood
- Size
- 9½ × 5¼ in (24.1 × 13.3 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1974.69.13. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institution
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #2A2019, 29 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #E1CAA4, 24 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #9A8E7E, 22 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #825537, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #ACBCA1, 11 % of the picture, closest to Sage Green 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.
- 22 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 22.7 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 428 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 26.4 % | 8¾ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 187 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 26.4 % | 13¼ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 125 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 17.2 % | 16½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 100 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 17.2 % | 20 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 83 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 26.4 % | 22 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 75 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) 320 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 482 × 843 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 1,143 × 2,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 1,715 × 3,000 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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