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A man stands on a rocky, tan-colored outcropping and gestures to two men in a rowboat, all against a gold background in this square painting. The men’s pale skin is tinged with gray but they have rosy cheeks, and all three have beards.

The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew

Duccio di Buoninsegna (Italian, 1250–1319)

Date
1308-1311
Medium
tempera on panel
Size
16¾ × 18 in (42.7 × 45.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1939.1.141. See the museum’s record
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

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

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Hang it

Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Print
22½ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
50½ in (128 cm) from the floor
Above the console table
8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width
36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
The Calling of the Apostles Peter and Andrew: a 22½ × 24 in print hung above a console table, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22½ × 24 in landscape print (57 × 61 cm), centered 50½ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 14.7 % 8 × 8½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 2353 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 6.2 % 11¼ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 1666 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 6.2 % 15 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 1252 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 14.7 % 16 × 17 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 1171 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 20 in trims 6.2 % 18¾ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 1001 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 24 in trims 6.2 % 22½ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 835 dpi, crisp 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 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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