Virgil's Tomb by Moonlight, with Silius Italicus Declaiming

Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734–1797)

Date: 1779
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 40 × 50 in (101.6 × 127 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 2013.155. See the museum’s record
Credit: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, Gifts of Mrs. William M. Haupt, Josephine Bay Paul, and Estate of George Quackenbush, in his memory, by exchange, The Morris and Alma Schapiro Fund Gift, and funds from various donors, 2013

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 16 × 20 in, filling the paper
Center: 51¼ in (130 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.

16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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	no trim	8 × 10 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	391 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 1.8 %	11 × 13¾ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	279 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	no trim	16 × 20 in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	195 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.

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

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 452 px from Room Paintings
Web image 599 × 483 px from The Met
Print and original file 3,915 × 3,156 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.