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A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted. The central panel features the Virgin Mary and and Child flanked by archangels Gabriel and Michael, twelve disciples below them in grid formation.

Triptych

Central Ethiopia (Eastern and Southern Africa)

Date
Late 17th century
Medium
Tempera on linen, mounted on wood and bound with cord
Size
26½ × 29¼ in (67 × 74 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 2006.11. See the museum’s record
Credit
Director's Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Print
22¼ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Triptych: a 22¼ × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22¼ × 24 in portrait print (57 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 13.8 % 8 × 8½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 232 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 12 in trims 7.2 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 166 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in trims 7.2 % 14¾ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 125 dpi, soft up close
16 × 20 in trims 13.8 % 16 × 17¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 116 dpi, soft up close
20 × 20 in trims 7.2 % 18½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 99 dpi, soft up close
24 × 24 in trims 7.2 % 22¼ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 83 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 Art Institute of Chicago (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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