George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893
Early Morning, Tarpon Springs
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 42¼ × 32¼ in (107.2 × 82.2 cm)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1911.32. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Edward B. Butler Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).
Palette
- #4F473B, 32 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5E594D, 24 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #86827D, 17 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #73563F, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #706D67, 14 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 2.2 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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Print it
Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 4.1 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 191 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2.4 % | 10¾ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 138 dpi, soft up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 2.2 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 125 dpi, soft up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 4.1 % | 15¼ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 95 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 2.2 % | 18 × 23½ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 83 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 2.2 % | 30 × 39 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 50 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 2.2 % | 36 × 47 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 41 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) 428 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 1,104 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- Print file 1,528 × 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.
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Paul Cézanne The Basket of Apples, c. 1893
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