Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881
Suzanne Valadon
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
- Date
- c. 1885
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 16¼ × 12½ in (41.3 × 31.8 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1963.10.60. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Chester Dale Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #D6C6A7, 26 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
- #2B4C36, 19 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #BAA382, 19 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #8D5B29, 18 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #A47C4E, 18 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
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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 2.6 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 3.7 % | 7¾ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 546 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2 % | 10¾ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 397 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 2.6 % | 12 × 15½ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 360 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 3.7 % | 15½ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 273 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 2.6 % | 18 × 23½ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 240 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 2.6 % | 30 × 39 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 144 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 2.6 % | 36 × 46¾ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 120 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) 424 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 639 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 1,517 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 4,375 × 5,768 px from National Gallery of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art
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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