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A man with pale peach skin and dark hair wears a military uniform and stands in front of a desk in this vertical portrait painting. He nearly fills the composition so seems close to us, and he looks directly at us.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries

Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825)

Date
1812
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
80¼ × 49¼ in (203.9 × 125.1 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1961.9.15. See the museum’s record
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Print
24½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries: a 24½ × 40 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24½ × 40 in portrait print (62 × 102 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
5 × 7 in trims 14 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 3791 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 18.1 % 9¾ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 1663 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 18.1 % 14¾ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 1109 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 7.9 % 18½ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 886 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in trims 7.9 % 22 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 737 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 18.1 % 24½ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 662 dpi, crisp 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 National Gallery 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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