Joseph Wright of Derby Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming, 1779
Portrait of a Woman
Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797)
- Date
- ca. 1770
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 50 × 40 in (126.7 × 101.6 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1986.264.6. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Heathcote Art Foundation, 1986
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #4D2E1E, 36 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #331F17, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #6F4429, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #946544, 13 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #BE9C81, 13 % of the picture, closest to Taupe 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.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 0.2 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 0.2 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 386 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2 % | 11 × 13¾ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 275 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 0.2 % | 16 × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 193 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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) 452 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 504 × 625 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,115 × 3,860 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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