John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907
Man and Pool, Florida
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
- Date
- 1917
- Medium
- Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on white wove paper
- Size
- 13¾ × 21 in (34.8 × 53.3 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 50.130.62. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Mrs. Francis Ormond, 1950
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #7E6043, 26 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #B0926C, 25 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #D7C4A8, 20 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #495D68, 17 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #808B8E, 13 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 2.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 55¼ in (140 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | trims 2.1 % | 19½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 124 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 2.1 % | 23½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 103 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 × 366 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 392 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,811 × 2,493 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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