George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893
Landscape
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- c. 1852
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 18 × 26 in (46 × 66 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2014.136.109. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Corcoran Collection (Gift of William Wilson Corcoran, 1969)
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #392715, 32 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #4D2E14, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #5F3E19, 18 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #795935, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #8D7355, 11 % 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.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 4.3 % of the picture)
- Center
- 55¼ in (140 cm) from the floor
- Above the sofa
- 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
- Ideal width
- 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 2.4 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 3908 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 4.3 % | 20 × 28¾ in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 945 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 4.3 % | 24 × 34½ in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 787 dpi, crisp 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 × 386 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 581 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,379 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 28,350 × 19,544 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery 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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