Philipp Melanchthon, Leading Figure of the Reformation

Workshop of Lucas Cranach the Elder (German, 1472–1553)

Date: 1540 - 1560
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 14¼ × 9 in (36 × 23 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-2561. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).

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Where Print size

Print: 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 4.1 % of the picture)
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

24 × 36 in portrait print (61 × 91 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. 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
20 × 30 in	trims 4.1 %	19¼ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	123 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 4.1 %	23 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	102 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.

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

Thumbnail (WebP) 356 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 536 × 843 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 1,271 × 2,000 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 2,468 × 3,884 px from Rijksmuseum
The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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.