William-Adolphe Bouguereau Arion on a Sea Horse, 1855
Rest
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (French, 1825–1905)
- Date
- 1879
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Size
- 64¾ × 46½ in (164.5 × 117.8 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1915.722. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #262216, 45 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #4B3F27, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #786647, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #A69676, 7 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #D9D2B9, 6 % of the picture, closest to Sand walls
Closest wall colors:
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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 4.5 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 0.2 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 890 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.5 % | 11½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 371 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.5 % | 17¼ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 247 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4.5 % | 28½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 148 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.5 % | 34½ × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 123 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) 398 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 640 × 900 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 2,416 × 3,400 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 4,452 × 6,266 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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