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We look through shadowed trees at a river winding into the distance in this horizontal landscape painting.

River Landscape

Annibale Carracci (Italian, 1560–1609)

Date
c. 1590
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
34¾ × 58¼ in (88.3 × 148.1 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1952.5.58. See the museum’s record
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
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.
River Landscape: a 24 × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 40 in landscape print (61 × 102 cm), centered 55¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
5 × 7 in trims 16.5 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 835 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 20.5 % 9½ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 369 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 20.5 % 14¼ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 245 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 10.6 % 18 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 196 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 10.6 % 21½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 163 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 20.5 % 24 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 146 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery 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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