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This painting shows a group of people engaged in various activities within a wide green landscape. In the background are distant white-and-blue mountains and a blue sky with soft gray clouds.

Erminia and the Shepherds

Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)

Date
1750/1755
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
99 × 174 in (251.5 × 442.2 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1964.21.2. See the museum’s record
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
22¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
54¾ in (139 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.
Erminia and the Shepherds: a 22¾ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22¾ × 40 in landscape print (58 × 102 cm), centered 54¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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 20.4 % 4 × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 869 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 24.2 % 9 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 382 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 24.2 % 13¾ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 253 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 14.7 % 17 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 203 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 14.7 % 20½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 169 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 24.2 % 22¾ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 152 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

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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