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The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise, Giovanni di Paolo, 1445, tempera and gold on wood

The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise

Giovanni di Paolo (Italian, 1398–1482)

Date
1445
Medium
Tempera and gold on wood
Size
18¼ × 20½ in (46.4 × 52.1 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1975.1.31. See the museum’s record
Credit
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
21½ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
68 in (173 cm) from the floor
Above the headboard
8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
Ideal width
40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
The Creation of the World and the Expulsion from Paradise: a 21½ × 24 in print hung above a headboard, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
21½ × 24 in landscape print (54 × 61 cm), centered 68 in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. 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
8 × 10 in trims 10.2 % 8 × 9 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 444 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 11 % 10¾ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 332 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 11 % 14¼ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 10.2 % 16 × 18 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 222 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 11 % 17¾ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 200 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in trims 11 % 21½ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 166 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 Metropolitan Museum 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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