Ruined Archway

Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)

Date: 1775–93
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 11½ × 19½ in (29.5 × 49.7 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1933.1080. See the museum’s record
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Where Print size

Print: 21½ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 50 in (127 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

21½ × 36 in landscape print (54 × 91 cm), centered 50 in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 16.9 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	285 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 20.9 %	9½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	125 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in	trims 20.9 %	14¼ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	83 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 11 %	17¾ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	66 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 11 %	21½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	55 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 20.9 %	23¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	50 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 335 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 505 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 2,000 × 1,197 px from Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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.