Fra Angelico Saint Alexander, ca. 1425
Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico (Italian, 1395–1455)
- Date
- c. 1440
- Medium
- tempera on panel
- Size
- 29¼ × 20½ in (74 × 52 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-3011. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #30383D, 26 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #41535F, 24 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #9A6C38, 21 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #7B562F, 18 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #B18854, 11 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 5.2 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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Default greige
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 1.6 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 1027 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 5.2 % | 20 × 28½ in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 247 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 5.2 % | 24 × 34 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 206 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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 (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 387 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 582 × 843 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 1,381 × 2,000 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 5,136 × 7,437 px from Rijksmuseum
- The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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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