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Bird Nesting, Emanuel Leutze, 1837, oil on canvas

Bird Nesting

Emanuel Leutze (German American, 1816–1868)

Date
1837
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
13½ × 12¼ in (34 × 30.8 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1981.51. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Joshua C. Taylor through the Director's Discretionary Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).

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Print
21¾ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Bird Nesting: a 21¾ × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
21¾ × 24 in portrait print (55 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 11.7 % 8 × 8¾ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 290 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 12 in trims 9.4 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 213 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in trims 9.4 % 14½ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 160 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 11.7 % 16 × 17¾ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 144 dpi, soft up close
20 × 20 in trims 9.4 % 18 × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 128 dpi, soft up close
24 × 24 in trims 9.4 % 21¾ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 106 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).

Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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