Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace), 1881
View of Monte Carlo from Cap Martin
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919)
- Date
- c. 1884
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 26 × 32¼ in (66.2 × 81.6 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2014.136.60. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Corcoran Collection (Edward C. and Mary Walker Collection, 1937)
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #AEAD81, 23 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #264E43, 22 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #C1CCB9, 21 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #436E59, 19 % of the picture, closest to Teal walls
- #798F70, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive 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.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 1.4 % 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.
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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 1.4 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 1618 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 3.1 % | 11 × 13½ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 1155 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1.4 % | 16 × 19¾ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 809 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 450 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 678 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,608 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 16,181 × 13,006 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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