The Holy Family at Night, Rembrandt van Rijn, c. 1642 - c. 1648, oil on panel

The Holy Family at Night

Workshop of Rembrandt van Rijn (Dutch, 1606–1669)

Date
c. 1642 - c. 1648
Medium
oil on panel
Size
26¼ × 30¾ in (66.5 × 78 cm)
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-4119. See the museum’s record
Credit
Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt, the Prins Bernhard Fonds and the Stichting tot Bevordering van de Belangen van het Rijksmuseum

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).

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Print
30 × 35¼ in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
72¼ in (184 cm) from the floor
Above the headboard
8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
Ideal width
40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
Why this height
Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
The Holy Family at Night: a 30 × 35¼ in print hung above a headboard, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
30 × 35¼ in landscape print (76 × 89 cm), centered 72¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

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 (Public Domain Mark).

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.