John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907
Eleanora O'Donnell Iselin (Mrs. Adrian Iselin)
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
- Date
- 1888
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 60½ × 36½ in (153.7 × 93 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1964.13.1. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Ernest Iselin
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #24231D, 40 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #87704C, 26 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #705839, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #473B2E, 9 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #C89B71, 3 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24¼ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
Print it
No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 15.3 % | 4¼ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 3025 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 19.3 % | 9¾ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 1309 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 19.3 % | 14½ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 876 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 9.3 % | 18¼ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 698 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 9.3 % | 21¾ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 582 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 19.3 % | 24¼ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 525 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 335 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 505 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 1,198 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 12,706 × 21,215 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
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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