Sandro Botticelli The Annunciation, ca. 1490
Giuliano de' Medici
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1446–1510)
- Date
- c. 1478/1480
- Medium
- tempera on panel
- Size
- 29¾ × 20¾ in (75.5 × 52.5 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1952.5.56. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Samuel H. Kress Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #7B121E, 28 % of the picture, closest to Burgundy walls
- #3C2A20, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #555247, 16 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #A29261, 14 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #784F2A, 14 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
Closest wall colors:
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 4.1 % 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 2.7 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 2383 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 4.1 % | 20 × 28¾ in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 590 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 4.1 % | 24 × 34½ in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 492 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) 377 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 567 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 1,345 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 11,919 × 17,723 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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