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Madonna and Child, Duccio di Buoninsegna, ca. 1290–1300, tempera and gold on wood

Madonna and Child

Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, 1250–1319)

Date
ca. 1290–1300
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Size
11 × 8¼ in (27.9 × 21 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 2004.442. See the museum’s record
Credit
Purchase, Rogers Fund, Walter and Leonore Annenberg and The Annenberg Foundation Gift, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Annette de la Renta Gift, Harris Brisbane Dick, Fletcher, Louis V. Bell, and Dodge Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, several members of The Chairman's Council Gifts, Elaine L. Rosenberg and Stephenson Family Foundation Gifts, 2003 Benefit Fund, and other gifts and funds from various donors, 2004

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.4 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Madonna and Child: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in trims 5.1 % 5 × 6½ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 506 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 4.2 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 245 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 0.4 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 221 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 0.4 % 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 147 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 0.4 % 30 × 39¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 88 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.4 % 36 × 47¾ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 73 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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