William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855
Arion on a Sea Horse and Bacchante on a Panther (pair)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Size
- 28 × 44 in (71.3 × 111.8 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1980.238. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Bequest of Noah L. Butkin
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #AF8340, 30 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #5F6058, 25 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #936D47, 22 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #554A38, 16 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #B3977A, 7 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4.6 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 1.7 % | 8 × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 788 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | no trim | 11 × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 573 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.6 % | 12 × 15¼ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 502 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 1.7 % | 15¾ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 394 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.6 % | 18 × 23 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 334 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4.6 % | 30 × 38¼ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 200 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.6 % | 36 × 45¾ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 167 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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) 440 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 707 × 900 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 2,669 × 3,400 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 6,310 × 8,037 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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