The Seven Works of Mercy

Master of Alkmaar (Dutch)

Date: 1504
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 39¾ × 21¼ in (101 × 54 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-2815. See the museum’s record
Credit: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt and the Commissie voor Fotoverkoop

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

Palette

Closest wall colors:

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Dining Room

Hang it

Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Where Print size

Print: 15 × 60 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center: 50¾ in (129 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.

15 × 60 in panoramic print (38 × 152 cm), centered 50¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in	trims 65 %	1¾ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	1157 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 66.6 %	4 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	520 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 36 in	trims 24.9 %	9 × 36 in	12 × 36 in custom	16 × 40 in custom	18 × 42 in custom	231 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 62.5 %	7½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	277 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 62.5 %	9 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	231 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 60 in	trims 24.9 %	15 × 60 in	20 × 60 in custom	24 × 64 in custom	26 × 66 in custom	138 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.

Download

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

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 140 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 211 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 500 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 8,335 × 2,084 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.