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Venus and Adonis, Peter Paul Rubens, probably mid-1630s, oil on canvas

Venus and Adonis

Peter Paul Rubens (Flemish, 1577–1640)

Date
probably mid-1630s
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
77¾ × 95¾ in (197.5 × 242.9 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 37.162. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Harry Payne Bingham, 1937

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

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Print
16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 1.6 % of the picture)
Center
51¼ in (130 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.
Venus and Adonis: a 16 × 20 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 51¼ 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 1.6 % 8 × 9¾ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 380 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 3.4 % 11 × 13½ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 272 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 1.6 % 16 × 19¾ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 190 dpi, crisp from a step back

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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