Gustav Klimt Baby (Cradle), 1917/1918
Mäda Primavesi (1903–2000)
Gustav Klimt (Austrian, 1862–1918)
- Date
- 1912–13
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 59 × 43½ in (149.9 × 110.5 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 64.148. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of André and Clara Mertens, in memory of her mother, Jenny Pulitzer Steiner, 1964
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #C5C0B7, 35 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #998599, 25 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #B1ACA4, 19 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #AC8CAD, 18 % of the picture, closest to Lavender walls
- #686A6B, 3 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 1.7 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
Print it
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 3.1 % | 5 × 6¾ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 553 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 1.7 % | 11¾ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 239 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 1.7 % | 17¾ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 159 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 1.7 % | 29½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 95 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 1.7 % | 35½ × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 79 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 416 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 463 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,876 × 3,877 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
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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