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Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid), Peter Paul Rubens, c. 1639, oil on wood

Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid)

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
c. 1639
Medium
oil on wood
Size
10¼ × 21¼ in (26 × 53.7 cm)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1983.69. See the museum’s record
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
19½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
53 in (134 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.
Study for "The Bear Hunt" (for the Alcázar, Madrid): a 19½ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
19½ × 40 in panoramic print (49 × 102 cm), centered 53 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 32.2 % 3½ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 852 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 35.4 % 7¾ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 376 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 35.4 % 11½ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 27.4 % 14½ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 200 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 27.4 % 17½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 166 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 35.4 % 19½ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 149 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 (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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