John Singer Sargent Madame X (Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau), 1883–84
(Small Landscape)
Thomas Hicks (American, 1823–1890)
- Date
- 1862
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 10 × 18 in (25.7 × 45.9 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1968.59.1. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase and gift of Dwight Wardlaw
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #CCBFB5, 33 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #47411F, 30 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #715D3E, 17 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #8E816A, 13 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #AEA494, 7 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 20¼ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
- Center
- 49¼ in (125 cm) from the floor
- Above the console table
- 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
- Ideal width
- 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, 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 21.6 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 428 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 25.3 % | 9 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 187 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 25.3 % | 13½ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 125 dpi, soft up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 16 % | 16¾ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 100 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 16 % | 20¼ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 83 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 25.3 % | 22½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 75 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 × 320 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 481 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,141 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,712 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- The museum’s record of this painting Smithsonian American Art Museum
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian 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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