A headless figure leans out of the first-floor window of a light-colored stone building from which two iron bars have been detatched, his blood spurting to the ground.

The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist

Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Date: 1455–60
Medium: Tempera on panel
Size: 27 × 15½ in (68.6 × 39.1 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1933.1014. See the museum’s record
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 20 × 40¾ in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

20 × 40¾ in panoramic print (51 × 104 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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
5 × 7 in	trims 31.4 %	3½ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	285 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 34.7 %	7¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	125 dpi, soft up close
12 × 36 in	trims 32 %	12 × 24½ in	12 × 36 in custom	16 × 40 in custom	18 × 42 in custom	81 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 26.5 %	14¾ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	66 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 26.5 %	17½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	55 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in	trims 32 %	20 × 40¾ in	20 × 60 in custom	24 × 64 in custom	26 × 66 in custom	49 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 274 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 1,720 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 980 × 2,000 px from Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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.