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Shown from the chest up, a man with peach-colored skin sits in profile facing our left with downcast eyes in this vertical painting.

Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
c. 1618
Medium
oil on panel transferred to canvas
Size
26¼ × 20¼ in (66.8 × 51.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1943.7.9. See the museum’s record
Credit
Chester Dale Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 2.7 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Head of One of the Three Kings: Melchior, The Assyrian King: an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 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
8 × 10 in trims 3.6 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 1766 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 1.9 % 10¾ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 1284 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 2.7 % 12 × 15½ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 1160 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 3.6 % 15½ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 883 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 2.7 % 18 × 23¼ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 773 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 2.7 % 30 × 39 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 464 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 2.7 % 36 × 46¾ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 386 dpi, crisp 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 (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery 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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