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The Countess, Emanuel Leutze, 1838, oil on canvas

The Countess

Emanuel Leutze (German American, 1816–1868)

Date
1838
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
34¾ × 27¼ in (88 × 69 cm)
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1979.44. See the museum’s record
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4.3 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
The Countess: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 290 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in trims 0.2 % 11 × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 211 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 4.3 % 12 × 15¼ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 187 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 2 % 15¾ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 145 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in trims 4.3 % 18 × 23 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 125 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 4.3 % 30 × 38¼ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 75 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 4.3 % 36 × 46 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 62 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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