Virgin and Child with Four Angels

Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1455–1523)

Date: ca. 1510–15
Medium: Oil on wood
Size: 25 × 15½ in (63.2 × 39.1 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1977.1.1. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1977

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 24¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

24¾ × 40 in portrait print (63 × 102 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 13.3 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	563 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 17.5 %	10 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	246 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 17.5 %	15 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	164 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 7.2 %	18½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	131 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 7.2 %	22¼ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	109 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 17.5 %	24¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	98 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) 349 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 389 × 625 px from The Met
Print and original file 2,456 × 3,944 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.