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A young, smiling boy in a ruffled collar, hat, and cumberbun rides outdoors on a brown ram, a small whip held aloft in his hand.

Boy on a Ram

Francisco de Goya (Spanish, 1746–1828)

Date
1786–87
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
50 × 44¼ in (127.2 × 112.1 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1979.479. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Brooks McCormick

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

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Print
17½ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Boy on a Ram: a 17½ × 20 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
17½ × 20 in portrait print (45 × 51 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
8 × 10 in trims 9.2 % 8 × 9 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 219 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 12 in trims 11.9 % 10½ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 166 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in trims 10.8 % 11 × 12½ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 160 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in trims 11.9 % 14 × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 125 dpi, soft up close
16 × 20 in trims 9.2 % 16 × 18¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 109 dpi, soft up close
20 × 20 in trims 11.9 % 17½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 100 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 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.

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