Shepherd Playing the Flute, and Four Shepherdesses

Gerard van Honthorst (Dutch, 1592–1656)

Date: 1632
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 36¼ × 68¾ in (92 × 174.5 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-3270. See the museum’s record
Credit: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).

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Where Print size

Print: 21 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 53¾ in (137 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.

21 × 40 in landscape print (54 × 102 cm), centered 53¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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 26.2 %	3¾ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	1122 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 29.7 %	8½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	491 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 29.7 %	12¾ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	327 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 20.9 %	15¾ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	261 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 20.9 %	19 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	218 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 29.7 %	21 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	196 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 298 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 448 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 1,063 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 7,856 × 4,176 px from Rijksmuseum
The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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.