Joseph Mallord William Turner Keelmen Heaving in Coals by Moonlight, 1835
Venice: The Dogana and San Giorgio Maggiore
Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)
- Date
- 1834
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 36 × 48 in (91.5 × 122 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.9.85. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Widener Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #B9C9C1, 31 % of the picture, closest to Light Gray walls
- #A08E5E, 23 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #88B5D0, 20 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #735627, 14 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #D7C5A1, 12 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 4.8 % | 5 × 6¾ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 722 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.5 % | 10½ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 340 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | no trim | 12 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 312 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | no trim | 18 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 208 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | no trim | 30 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 124 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | no trim | 36 × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 104 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 × 415 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 625 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,482 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 5,057 × 3,747 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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