Pair of Paintings: The Colonnade of Saint Peter's, Rome, during the Conclave and The Grotto of Posillipo

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

Date: c.1769
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 16¾ × 13¼ in (42.6 × 33.4 cm)
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1976.97. See the museum’s record
Credit: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 22¼ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 50¼ in (128 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

22¼ × 36 in landscape print (56 × 91 cm), centered 50¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 13.8 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	1364 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 17.9 %	9¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	596 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 17.9 %	14¾ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	396 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 7.7 %	18½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	317 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in	trims 7.7 %	22¼ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	264 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 17.9 %	24½ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	238 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 345 px from Room Paintings
Web image 900 × 554 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
Print file 3,400 × 2,092 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
Original file 9,549 × 5,875 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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.