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This horizontal painting shows a tapestry being unfurled and held up by winged, baby-like putti against a structure with gray and gold columns, seen at the edges of the composition.

The Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
c. 1626
Medium
oil on panel
Size
25¾ × 32½ in (65.5 × 82.4 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1958.4.1. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Syma Busiel

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

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

Print
36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 5.6 % of the picture)
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 Meeting of Abraham and Melchizedek: 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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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 0.6 % 8 × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 1617 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 1.2 % 11 × 13¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 1157 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 5.6 % 12 × 15 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 1013 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 0.6 % 16 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 808 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 5.6 % 18 × 22½ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 675 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 5.6 % 30 × 37¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 405 dpi, crisp up close
36 × 48 in trims 5.6 % 36 × 45¼ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 337 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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