Painting of the Virgin Mary ascending to heaven amongst multitude of angels.

The Assumption of the Virgin

El Greco (Greek, 1541–1614)

Date: 1577–79
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 158¾ × 83½ in (403.2 × 211.8 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1906.99. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of Nancy Atwood Sprague in memory of Albert Arnold Sprague

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: 20 × 38 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

20 × 38 in portrait print (51 × 97 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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 26.5 %	3¾ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	282 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 30 %	8½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	124 dpi, soft up close
12 × 36 in	trims 36.5 %	12 × 23 in	12 × 36 in custom	16 × 40 in custom	18 × 42 in custom	87 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 21.2 %	15¾ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	66 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 21.2 %	19 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	55 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in	trims 36.5 %	20 × 38 in	20 × 60 in custom	24 × 64 in custom	26 × 66 in custom	52 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) 293 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 1,612 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 1,046 × 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.