Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, c. 1742–45
A Female Allegorical Figure
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)
- Date
- ca. 1740–50
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, gold ground
- Size
- 32 × 25 in (81.3 × 63.2 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1984.49. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 1984
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #8B6950, 42 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #A38061, 28 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #FCFCFC, 12 % of the picture, closest to Pure White walls
- #C0A58A, 11 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #523E37, 8 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 3.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 2.9 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 266 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 1.1 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 193 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 3.5 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 170 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.9 % | 15½ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 3.5 % | 18 × 23¼ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 113 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 3.5 % | 30 × 38½ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 68 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 3.5 % | 36 × 46¼ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 56 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) 439 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 489 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,133 × 2,722 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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