Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun Comtesse de la Châtre (Marie Charlotte Louise Perrette Aglaé Bontemps, 1762–1848), 1789
The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougé with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien
Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842)
- Date
- 1787
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 48½ × 61½ in (123.4 × 155.9 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1964.11.1. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Purchased as the Gift of the Bay Foundation in memory of Josephine Bay Paul and Ambassador Charles Ulrick Bay
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #2E271A, 34 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #393D37, 26 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #676358, 19 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #5A422C, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #AD8F73, 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.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 5.3 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 cm) from the floor
- Above the sofa
- 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
- Ideal width
- 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 1 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 3687 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.8 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 2672 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 5.3 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 2338 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 1843 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 5.3 % | 18 × 22¾ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 1559 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 5.3 % | 30 × 38 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 935 dpi, crisp up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 5.3 % | 36 × 45½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 779 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 442 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 665 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,577 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 37,416 × 29,503 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
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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