John Singer Sargent The Fountain, Villa Torlonia, Frascati, Italy, 1907
Sellar Alp, Dolomites
John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
- Date
- ca. 1913–14
- Medium
- Watercolor and gouache on white wove paper
- Size
- 10 × 14 in (25.4 × 35.6 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 50.130.80f. 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
- #A1AD70, 30 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #7C8C5F, 25 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #53704B, 23 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #BAAF98, 17 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #DFD3C0, 5 % of the picture, closest to Greige 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.
- 30 × 40 in, filling the paper (trims 4.9 % 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 0.1 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 287 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.9 % | 11½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 121 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.9 % | 17 × 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 4.9 % | 28½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 48 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.9 % | 34¼ × 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 × 407 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 435 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,011 × 1,461 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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