Jacob Gerritsz Cuyp Portrait of Margaretha de Geer (1585-1672), 1651
The Shepherdess
- Date
- 1628
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 43½ × 65¼ in (110.5 × 165.7 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-1793. See the museum’s record
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #B48E5A, 23 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #9C522C, 22 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #D9BD8F, 22 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #5F3E23, 20 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #2D2116, 13 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper
- Center
- 55¼ in (140 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | no trim | 20 × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 131 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | no trim | 24 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 109 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 (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 373 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 561 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,331 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 3,946 × 2,626 px from Rijksmuseum
- The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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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