The Crucifixion

Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)

Date: 1627
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 114¼ × 65¼ in (290.3 × 165.5 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1954.15. See the museum’s record
Credit: Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund

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

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Hang it

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

Where Print size

Print: 22¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

22¾ × 40 in portrait print (58 × 102 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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 20.2 %	4 × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	283 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 24 %	9 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	124 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in	trims 24 %	13¾ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	82 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 14.5 %	17 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	66 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 14.5 %	20½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	55 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 24 %	22¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	49 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) 317 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 1,487 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 1,134 × 2,000 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.