William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855
Bacchante on a Panther
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
- Date
- 1855
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Size
- 28 × 43¾ in (71.4 × 111.3 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1980.238.2. 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
- #B1843E, 33 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #5F5247, 30 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #8D6343, 18 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #A77B60, 14 % of the picture, closest to Terracotta walls
- #C0A68E, 5 % 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.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.8 % of the picture)
- Center
- 55¼ in (140 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.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | trims 3.8 % | 19¼ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 199 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 3.8 % | 23 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 166 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) 560 × 364 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 1,263 × 821 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 3,400 × 2,210 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 6,148 × 3,997 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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