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From high above the earth, we look onto a dramatically lit scene with a man falling from a horse-drawn chariot in midair, surrounded by eleven women against a bank of clouds in this horizontal painting.

The Fall of Phaeton

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
c. 1604/1605, probably reworked c. 1606/1608
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
38¾ × 51¾ in (98.4 × 131.2 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1990.1.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Patrons' Permanent Fund

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

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Hang it

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

Print
36 × 48 in, filling the paper
Center
61¼ in (156 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.
The Fall of Phaeton: a 36 × 48 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in trims 4.8 % 5 × 6¾ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 5077 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 4.5 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 2408 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in no trim 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 2208 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in no trim 18 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 1472 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in no trim 30 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 883 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in no trim 36 × 48 in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 736 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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