Joshua Reynolds Lady Sarah Bunbury Sacrificing to the Graces, 1763–65
Anne Dashwood (1743–1830), Later Countess of Galloway
Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723–1792)
- Date
- 1764
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 52½ × 46¾ in (133.4 × 118.7 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 50.238.2. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Lillian S. Timken, 1950
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #24231E, 34 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #444134, 22 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #626155, 20 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #898D86, 13 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #B9B8AF, 12 % of the picture, closest to Sage Green 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.
- 17¾ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 10.1 % | 8 × 9 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 428 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 12 in | trims 11 % | 10¾ × 12 in | 12 × 12 in ready-made | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 18 × 18 in custom | 321 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 11.7 % | 11 × 12½ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 310 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 16 in | trims 11 % | 14¼ × 16 in | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 22 × 22 in custom | 240 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 10.1 % | 16 × 18 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 214 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 20 in | trims 11 % | 17¾ × 20 in | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 26 × 26 in custom | 192 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) 503 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 560 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,456 × 3,853 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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