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Two women and a man in front of a column and arch nearly fill this vertical, oval painting. The two women have pale skin with round faces, wide-set eyes, and full pink lips.

Scene from Ancient History

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date
c. 1750
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
55¼ × 43 in (140.3 × 109.3 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1939.1.365. See the museum’s record
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 3.7 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Scene from Ancient History: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 2.6 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 886 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 0.9 % 11 × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 637 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 3.7 % 12 × 15½ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 557 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 2.6 % 15½ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 443 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 3.7 % 18 × 23 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 371 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 3.7 % 30 × 38½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 223 dpi, crisp from a step back
36 × 48 in trims 3.7 % 36 × 46¼ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 185 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 (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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