Francesco Guardi The Garden of Palazzo Contarini dal Zaffo, Late 1770s
Venice: The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute
Workshop of Francesco Guardi (Italian, 1712–1793)
- Date
- 1763
- Medium
- Oil on wood
- Size
- 7¼ × 12¾ in (18.1 × 32.1 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1982.60.14. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #BCAC84, 30 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #705B26, 25 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #B5A275, 22 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #473B15, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #9C7E42, 10 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 20¼ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
- Center
- 49½ in (125 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.
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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 21 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 544 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 24.8 % | 9 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 237 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 24.8 % | 13½ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 158 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 15.4 % | 17 × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 126 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 15.4 % | 20¼ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 105 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 24.8 % | 22½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 94 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 314 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 336 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,811 × 2,139 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum 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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