The Collector
Old Masters, candlelight and the quiet authority of a museum room.
You want a wall with some history behind it. The Dutch Golden Age, the Renaissance and the Baroque gave us the portraits, still lifes and interiors that museums are built around.
Their dark grounds and deep colour look best in rooms with weight: wood, books, a lamp rather than a ceiling light.
Twelve prints to start with
A ready set of three
Three 16 × 24 in prints, 3 in apart: 54 in across, sized for a sofa of 84 in by the two-thirds rule. With three prints, 10% comes off automatically.
What to look for
Vermeer's interiors, Rembrandt, Van Huysum's flowers, Caravaggio, the Renaissance portraits and altarpieces.
How to hang it
Hang one strong work at eye level and let it hold the wall; a dark frame suits the dark grounds. The art size calculator works out the size for your furniture, and the gallery wall planner marks every nail.
Dutch Golden Age PaintingsRenaissance PaintingsBaroque PaintingsFamous Still-Life & Flower PaintingsFamous Portrait Paintings
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