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Arches in Ruins, Hubert Robert, 1781, oil on canvas

Arches in Ruins

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

Date
1781
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
23 × 61¼ in (58.7 × 155.6 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 17.190.31. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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

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Print
20 × 53 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
53¼ in (135 cm) from the floor
Above the sofa
8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
Ideal width
56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Arches in Ruins: a 20 × 53 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 53 in panoramic print (51 × 135 cm), centered 53¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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 47.2 % 2½ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 561 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 49.7 % 6 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 245 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 36 in trims 11.6 % 12 × 31¾ in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 123 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in trims 43.4 % 11¼ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 130 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 43.4 % 13½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 109 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in trims 11.6 % 20 × 53 in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 74 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).

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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