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A man and woman are surrounded by six pudgy children, some with wings, against a deep landscape in this square painting. At the center of the composition, the man, Bacchus, sits astride a wine barrel, which is about half his height.

Bacchus and Ariadne

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date
c. 1743/1745
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
84¼ × 91½ in (214 × 232.4 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1960.6.36. See the museum’s record
Credit
Timken Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
22 × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
66¼ in (168 cm) from the floor
Above the mantel
6 in (15 cm) from the mantel to the frame
Ideal width
44 to 50 in over a 66 in mantel
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 4 to 8 in above the mantel, so the 6 in gap sets the height.
Bacchus and Ariadne: a 22 × 24 in print hung above a mantel, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22 × 24 in landscape print (56 × 61 cm), centered 66¼ in from the floor, 6 in above the mantel. 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 13.1 % 8 × 8¾ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 2445 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 7.9 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 1772 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 7.9 % 14¾ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 1329 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 13.1 % 16 × 17½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 1222 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 20 in trims 7.9 % 18½ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 1063 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 24 in trims 7.9 % 22 × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 886 dpi, crisp 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 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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