Hummingbird and Apple Blossoms

Martin Johnson Heade (American, 1819–1904)

Date: 1875
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 12¼ × 14¼ in (31 × 35.9 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1979.490.11. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of Mrs. J. Augustus Barnard, 1979

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

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Where Print size

Print: 17¼ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
Center: 48 in (122 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

17¼ × 20 in landscape print (44 × 51 cm), centered 48 in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 7.4 %	8 × 9¼ in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	408 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in	trims 13.6 %	10½ × 12 in	12 × 12 in ready-made	16 × 16 in ready-made	18 × 18 in custom	315 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 9 %	11 × 12¾ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	298 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 16 in	trims 13.6 %	13¾ × 16 in	16 × 16 in ready-made	20 × 20 in ready-made	22 × 22 in custom	237 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	trims 7.4 %	16 × 18½ in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	205 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in	trims 13.6 %	17¼ × 20 in	20 × 20 in ready-made	24 × 24 in ready-made	26 × 26 in custom	189 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 × 484 px from Room Paintings
Web image 600 × 519 px from The Met
Print and original file 3,795 × 3,285 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.