Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881
Acrobats at the Cirque Fernando (Francisca and Angelina Wartenberg)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 51¾ × 39 in (131.2 × 99.2 cm)
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1922.440. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Potter Palmer Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).
Palette
- #B4A368, 26 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #CFCBBC, 24 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #BEB28C, 22 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #A38D51, 20 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #555347, 8 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.8 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 5.5 % | 5 × 6½ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 285 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 8 × 10 in | trims 5.5 % | 7½ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 187 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 3.8 % | 10½ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 136 dpi, soft up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 0.8 % | 12 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 124 dpi, soft up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 5.5 % | 15 × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 93 dpi, soft up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 0.8 % | 18 × 23¾ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 83 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 0.8 % | 30 × 39¾ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 49 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 0.8 % | 36 × 47½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 41 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 419 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 1,127 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- Print file 1,496 × 2,000 px from Art Institute of Chicago
- The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago
Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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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