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Large painting of ancient arch ruins, statues, humans are small in comparison.

The Fountains

Hubert Robert (French, 1733–1808)

Date
1787–88
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
100½ × 87 in (255.3 × 221.2 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1900.385. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of William G. Hibbard

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

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Print
18 × 20¾ in, the whole painting on 18 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
The Fountains: an 18 × 20¾ in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 20¾ in portrait print (46 × 53 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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 7.6 % 8 × 9¼ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 217 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in trims 9.3 % 11 × 12¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 157 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 13.4 % 12 × 14 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 143 dpi, soft up close
16 × 20 in trims 7.6 % 16 × 18½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 108 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in trims 13.4 % 18 × 20¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 96 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 13.4 % 30 × 34½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 57 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 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.

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