Gerard David The Rest on the Flight into Egypt, ca. 1512–15
The Saint Anne Altarpiece: Saint Anne with the Virgin and Child [middle panel]
Workshop of Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1455–1523)
- Date
- c. 1500/1520
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Size
- 91½ × 37¾ in (232.5 × 96 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.9.17.b. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Widener Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #211A13, 31 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #5F4427, 20 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #A45E40, 20 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #83180C, 18 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
- #B39B83, 11 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 20 × 48½ in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 42.2 % | 3 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 1669 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 44.9 % | 6½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 733 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 36 in | trims 19.3 % | 12 × 29 in | 12 × 36 in custom | 16 × 40 in custom | 18 × 42 in custom | 403 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 38.1 % | 12½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 390 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 38.1 % | 15 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 324 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 60 in | trims 19.3 % | 20 × 48½ in | 20 × 60 in custom | 24 × 64 in custom | 26 × 66 in custom | 242 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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) 227 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 342 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 812 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 4,841 × 11,924 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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