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Head of Saint John the Evangelist, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, probably ca. 1818–20, oil on canvas, laid down on wood

Head of Saint John the Evangelist

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867)

Date
probably ca. 1818–20
Medium
Oil on canvas, laid down on wood
Size
15½ × 10¾ in (39.4 × 27 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1985.118. See the museum’s record
Credit
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Purchase, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, by exchange, and Wolfe Fund, 1985

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 2.7 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Head of Saint John the Evangelist: a 24 × 36 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 36 in portrait print (61 × 91 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in trims 4.1 % 4¾ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 516 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 2.7 % 20 × 29¼ in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 124 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 2.7 % 24 × 35 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 103 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 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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