George Inness The Home of the Heron, 1893
Sunrise
George Inness (American, 1825–1894)
- Date
- 1887
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 30 × 45¼ in (76.2 × 114.9 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 54.156. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Anonymous Gift, in memory of Emil Thiele, 1954
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #493A0D, 34 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #382F0A, 23 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #7A5921, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #624B1B, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #8C6A28, 14 % 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 0.5 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | trims 0.5 % | 20 × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 130 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 0.5 % | 24 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 108 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 × 372 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 398 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,917 × 2,602 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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James McNeill Whistler The Yellow Room, ca. 1883–84
Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
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