Paul Gauguin Ia Orana Maria (Hail Mary), 1891
Two Women
Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903)
- Date
- 1901 or 1902
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 29 × 36¼ in (73.7 × 92.1 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1997.391.3. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 1997, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #AD7C2E, 25 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #1C2315, 25 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #6F5312, 25 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #2A3933, 20 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #969893, 5 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 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.
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Print it
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 | 378 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 | 272 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 | 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 445 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 476 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,811 × 3,028 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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