Jean-Honoré Fragonard Young Girl Reading, c. 1769
Roman Interior
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)
- Date
- ca. 1760
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 19¼ × 23½ in (48.9 × 59.4 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 46.30. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #2E271F, 48 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #493525, 18 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #6D492F, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #90724D, 11 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #C2A67A, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe 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 2.8 % of the picture)
- Center
- 65¼ in (166 cm) from the floor
- Above the headboard
- 8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
- Ideal width
- 40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 2.8 % | 8 × 9¾ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 390 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.5 % | 11 × 13½ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 278 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.8 % | 16 × 19½ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 195 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) 560 × 464 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 496 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,901 × 3,229 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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