Jan van Eyck Virgin and Child in a Niche, ca. 1440–50
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment
Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, 1390–1441)
- Date
- ca. 1436–38
- Medium
- Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
- Size
- 22¼ × 7¾ in (56.5 × 19.5 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 33.92ab. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Fletcher Fund, 1933
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #5D4332, 31 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #392C23, 30 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #8A5542, 24 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #465953, 8 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #6F7B70, 6 % of the picture, closest to Teal walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 4.2 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 4.2 % | 8 × 9½ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 400 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 5.9 % | 11 × 13¼ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 285 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 4.2 % | 16 × 19¼ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 200 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 468 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 522 × 625 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,342 × 4,000 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
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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