This is a painting of a cherub with small wings hovering in the sky amidst swirling clouds. The sky is a soft blue with streaks of darker blue tones and a section of gray on the right.

Study for a Ceiling with the Personification of Counsel

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Italian, 1696–1770)

Date: before c. 1762
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 10¾ × 19¼ in (27 × 49 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1939.1.100. 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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Where Print size

Print: 19¾ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 49¼ in (125 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

19¾ × 36 in landscape print (50 × 91 cm), centered 49¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

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 22.9 %	4 × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	4414 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 26.5 %	8¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	1931 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 26.5 %	13¼ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	1287 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 17.4 %	16½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	1030 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in	trims 17.4 %	19¾ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	858 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in	trims 26.5 %	22 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	772 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 317 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 477 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 1,133 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 30,901 × 17,501 px from National Gallery of Art
The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art

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.