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The image features a variety of fruit, including large white melons, a sliced red watermelon, and clusters of dark and white grapes with an assortment of green leaves.

Melons and Grapes

Chipman (American, 1770–1910)

Date
mid 19th century
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
20¼ × 24 in (51.5 × 60.7 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1957.11.5. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
30 × 35½ in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
72¼ in (184 cm) from the floor
Above the headboard
8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
Ideal width
40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Melons and Grapes: a 30 × 35½ in print hung above a headboard, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
30 × 35½ in landscape print (76 × 90 cm), centered 72¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. 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
8 × 10 in trims 5.7 % 8 × 9½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 709 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 7.4 % 11 × 13 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 515 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 11.6 % 12 × 14 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 472 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 5.7 % 16 × 19 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 354 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 11.6 % 18 × 21¼ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 315 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 11.6 % 30 × 35½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 189 dpi, crisp from a step back

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 National Gallery 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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