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The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove, Peter Paul Rubens, ca. 1608–9, oil on oak

The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
ca. 1608–9
Medium
Oil on oak
Size
26 × 20¼ in (66 × 51.4 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 55.135.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Bequest of Ada Small Moore, 1955

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 3.7 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
The Holy Family with Saint Elizabeth, Saint John, and a Dove: 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 2.6 % 7¾ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 395 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 0.9 % 11 × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 285 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in trims 3.7 % 12 × 15½ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 250 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 2.6 % 15½ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 197 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 3.7 % 18 × 23 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 166 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 3.7 % 30 × 38½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 100 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 3.7 % 36 × 46¼ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 83 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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