John Constable Salisbury Cathedral from Lower Marsh Close, 1820
Stoke-by-Nayland
John Constable (British, 1776–1837)
- Date
- ca. 1810–11
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 11¼ × 14¼ in (28.3 × 36.2 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 26.128. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Charles B. Curtis Fund, 1926
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #2D2920, 28 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #3F3C2B, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #676457, 21 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #565038, 17 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #887B64, 10 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 30 × 40 in, filling the paper (trims 4.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 54¼ in (138 cm) from the floor
- Above the console table
- 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
- Ideal width
- 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 2.3 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 384 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.5 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 279 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.1 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 244 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.3 % | 15½ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 192 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.1 % | 18 × 23 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 162 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4.1 % | 30 × 38½ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 97 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.1 % | 36 × 46 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 81 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 × 441 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 600 × 472 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,911 × 3,077 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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