Sandro Botticelli The Annunciation, ca. 1490
Three Miracles of Saint Zenobius
Sandro Botticelli (Italian, 1446–1510)
- Date
- ca. 1500
- Medium
- Tempera on wood
- Size
- 26½ × 59¼ in (67.3 × 150.5 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 11.98. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1911
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #908369, 27 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #886549, 22 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #635F4E, 18 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #423625, 17 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #6D412A, 15 % 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.
- 20 × 44¾ in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
- Center
- 53¼ in (135 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.
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
Print it
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.
| Paper | Filling the paper | Printed whole | Frame | Frame with a 2 in mat | Frame with a 3 in mat | Sharpness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 37.4 % | 3 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 571 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 40.4 % | 7¼ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 250 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 36 in | trims 25.5 % | 12 × 26¾ in | 12 × 36 in custom | 16 × 40 in custom | 18 × 42 in custom | 149 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 32.9 % | 13½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 32.9 % | 16 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 111 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 60 in | trims 25.5 % | 20 × 44¾ in | 20 × 60 in custom | 24 × 64 in custom | 26 × 66 in custom | 89 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) 560 × 260 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 278 px from The Met
- Print and original file 4,000 × 1,855 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum 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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