El Greco View of Toledo, ca. 1599–1600
Saint Jerome as Scholar
El Greco (Greek, 1541–1614)
- Date
- ca. 1610
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 42½ × 35 in (108 × 89 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1975.1.146. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #050503, 44 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #41100D, 19 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
- #763532, 16 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
- #956C5F, 12 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Rose walls
- #BBAA9A, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 2.9 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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Print it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 2.9 % | 8 × 9¾ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 371 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.6 % | 11 × 13¼ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 265 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.9 % | 16 × 19½ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 185 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 462 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 515 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,063 × 3,714 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
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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