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Soap Bubbles, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, ca. 1733–34, oil on canvas

Soap Bubbles

Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin (French, 1699–1779)

Date
ca. 1733–34
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
24 × 25 in (61 × 63.2 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 49.24. See the museum’s record
Credit
Wentworth Fund, 1949

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

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Print
24 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 3.5 % of the picture)
Center
67¼ in (171 cm) from the floor
Above the mantel
6 in (15 cm) from the mantel to the frame
Ideal width
44 to 50 in over a 66 in mantel
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 4 to 8 in above the mantel, so the 6 in gap sets the height.
Soap Bubbles: a 24 × 24 in print hung above a mantel, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 24 in square print (61 × 61 cm), centered 67¼ in from the floor, 6 in above the mantel. 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
12 × 12 in trims 3.5 % 11½ × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 314 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 3.5 % 15½ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 235 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 3.5 % 19¼ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 188 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in trims 3.5 % 23¼ × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 157 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.

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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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