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Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1760, fresco, transferred to canvas

Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance

Workshop of Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date
1760
Medium
Fresco, transferred to canvas
Size
55¾ × 48 in (141.9 × 121.9 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 43.85.23. See the museum’s record
Credit
Bequest of Grace Rainey Rogers, 1943

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

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Print
18 × 21 in, the whole painting on 18 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Allegorical Figure Representing Temperance: an 18 × 21 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 21 in portrait print (46 × 53 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
8 × 10 in trims 6.9 % 8 × 9¼ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 319 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 8.5 % 11 × 12¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 232 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 12.7 % 12 × 14 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 212 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 6.9 % 16 × 18½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 159 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 12.7 % 18 × 21 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 141 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 12.7 % 30 × 35 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 85 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).

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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