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A young man and child, both with pale skin, are framed within the rectangular opening of a stone window in this vertical painting. At the center, the young man leans toward us over his forearms, which rest on the wide ledge.

Soap Bubbles

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

Date
probably 1733/1734
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
36½ × 29¼ in (93 × 74.6 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.5.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Mrs. John W. Simpson

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

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Print
16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 0.2 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Soap Bubbles: a 16 × 20 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
16 × 20 in portrait print (41 × 51 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
8 × 10 in trims 0.2 % 8 × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 915 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 2 % 11 × 13¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 654 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 0.2 % 16 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 457 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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