Rembrandt van Rijn Aristotle with a Bust of Homer, 1653
Johannes Wtenbogaert
Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)
- Date
- 1633
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 51¼ × 40½ in (130 × 103 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-4885. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, with additional funding from the Prins Bernhard Fonds, the VSBfonds, the Rijksmuseum-Stichting, the State of the Netherlands and private collectors
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #0C0C09, 45 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #262016, 27 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #483D2C, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #695942, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #B09878, 2 % of the picture, closest to Taupe 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 5.3 % 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 1 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 621 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 0.8 % | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 444 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 5.3 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 388 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 310 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 5.3 % | 18 × 22¾ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 259 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 5.3 % | 30 × 38 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 155 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 5.3 % | 36 × 45½ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 129 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 (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 448 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 675 × 843 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 1,602 × 2,000 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 4,978 × 6,216 px from Rijksmuseum
- The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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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