Saint Martin and the Beggar

El Greco (Greek, 1541–1614)

Date: c. 1597–c. 1600
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 43¼ × 24¾ in (110 × 63 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1949.1093. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey McCormick

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

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Hang it

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

Where Print size

Print: 23 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

23 × 40 in portrait print (58 × 102 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. 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
5 × 7 in	trims 19.8 %	4 × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	285 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 23.6 %	9¼ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	124 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in	trims 23.6 %	13¾ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	82 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 14.1 %	17¼ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	66 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 14.1 %	20½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	55 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 23.6 %	23 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	49 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 320 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 1,475 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 1,143 × 2,000 px from Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago

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.