John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, 1820
Stoke-by-Nayland
John Constable (British, 1776–1837)
- Date
- 1836
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 49½ × 66½ in (126 × 169 cm)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1922.4453. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Kimball Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).
Palette
- #4E4431, 28 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #30291E, 28 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #6C6046, 17 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #798588, 16 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #AAB6B7, 11 % of the picture, closest to Sage Green walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 0.6 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 cm) from the floor
- Above the sofa
- 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
- Ideal width
- 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 4.2 % | 5 × 6¾ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 285 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 5.1 % | 10½ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 0.6 % | 12 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 122 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 0.6 % | 18 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 81 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 0.6 % | 29¾ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 49 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 0.6 % | 35¾ × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 40 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 412 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 620 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- Print file 2,000 × 1,472 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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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