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Shown from the waist up, a young woman holds a baby up against her chest in this vertical painting. They both face us and have pale skin.

Madonna and Child

Giovanni Bellini (Italian, 1430–1516)

Date
c. 1480/1485
Medium
oil on panel
Size
20½ × 16¼ in (52.3 × 41.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1939.1.352. 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 5.4 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Madonna and Child: 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 0.9 % 8 × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 1421 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 1020 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 5.4 % 12 × 15 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 892 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 0.9 % 16 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 710 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 5.4 % 18 × 22¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 595 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 5.4 % 30 × 37¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 357 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 5.4 % 36 × 45½ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 297 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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