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The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton, Thomas Eakins, 1900, oil on canvas

The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton

Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)

Date
1900
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
82 × 42 in (208.3 × 106.7 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 17.172. See the museum’s record
Credit
John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1917

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
20 × 39 in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton: a 20 × 39 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 39 in portrait print (51 × 99 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
5 × 7 in trims 28.3 % 3½ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 531 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 31.7 % 8¼ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 232 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 36 in trims 34.9 % 12 × 23½ in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 159 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 23.2 % 15½ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 124 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 23.2 % 18½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 103 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in trims 34.9 % 20 × 39 in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 95 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

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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