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More than three dozen pears clustered densely on leafy branches against a vivid blue sky fill this long, horizontal painting. Most of the pears are golden yellow and touched with blush pink on one side.

Ripening Pears

Joseph Decker (American, 1853–1924)

Date
c. 1884/1885
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
12 × 24 in (30.5 × 61 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2004.29.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Ann and Mark Kington/The Kington Foundation and the Avalon Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
20 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
53¼ in (135 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.
Ripening Pears: a 20 × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 40 in panoramic print (51 × 102 cm), centered 53¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 30 % 3½ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 2045 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 33.3 % 8 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 894 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 33.3 % 12 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 596 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 25 % 15 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 477 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in trims 25 % 18 × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 397 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 33.3 % 20 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 357 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.

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

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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