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Study of Two Heads, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1609, oil on wood

Study of Two Heads

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
ca. 1609
Medium
Oil on wood
Size
27½ × 20½ in (69.9 × 52.1 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 67.187.99. See the museum’s record
Credit
Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967

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

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.7 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Study of Two Heads: 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
5 × 7 in trims 4.1 % 5 × 6¾ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 545 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 5.2 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 261 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 0.7 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 238 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 0.7 % 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 159 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 0.7 % 29¾ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 95 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.7 % 35¾ × 48 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 79 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 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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