Alfred Sisley The Seine at Port-Marly, Piles of Sand, 1875
Allée of Chestnut Trees
Alfred Sisley (British, 1839–1899)
- Date
- 1878
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 19¾ × 24 in (50.2 × 61 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1975.1.211. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #4B5846, 30 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #38453B, 25 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #62665A, 18 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #787C7F, 15 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #959798, 13 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 2.8 % of the picture)
- Center
- 65¼ in (166 cm) from the floor
- Above the headboard
- 8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
- Ideal width
- 40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 2.8 % | 8 × 9¾ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 400 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.5 % | 11 × 13½ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 285 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 2.8 % | 16 × 19½ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 200 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 × 462 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 600 × 495 px from The Met
- Print and original file 4,000 × 3,302 px from The Met
- The museum’s record of this painting The Met
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan 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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