Alexander H. Wyant Housatonic Valley, ca. 1880-1890
Spring
Alexander H. Wyant (American, 1836–1892)
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 15 × 23¼ in (38.1 × 59 cm)
- Museum
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, accession 1909.7.80. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of William T. Evans
Public domain image courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Smithsonian Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #7D7319, 26 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #E8D63C, 24 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #5B5613, 23 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #A59820, 18 % of the picture, closest to Mustard walls
- #34340E, 9 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.2 % 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 × 30 in | trims 3.2 % | 19½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 97 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 3.2 % | 23¼ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 81 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 × 365 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 550 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,304 px from Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Original file 3,000 × 1,956 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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