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Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), John Singer Sargent, 1883–84, oil on canvas

Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)

Date
1883–84
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
82¼ × 43¼ in (208.6 × 109.9 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 16.53. See the museum’s record
Credit
Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1916

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
20 × 38 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau): a 20 × 38 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 38 in portrait print (51 × 97 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 26.2 % 3¾ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 571 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 29.7 % 8½ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 36 in trims 36.7 % 12 × 22¾ in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 175 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 20.9 % 15¾ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 133 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 20.9 % 19 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 111 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in trims 36.7 % 20 × 38 in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 105 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

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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