Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870
A Lane through the Trees
Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)
- Date
- ca. 1870–73
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 24 × 18 in (61 × 45.7 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 14.40.817. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #333124, 39 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #232119, 36 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #434133, 13 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #5B5A4C, 8 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #738083, 4 % 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.
- 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 × 7 in | trims 4.6 % | 5 × 6¾ in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 552 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 4.7 % | 10½ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 266 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 0.1 % | 12 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 241 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 0.1 % | 18 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 161 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 0.1 % | 30 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 96 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 0.1 % | 36 × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 80 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) 424 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 472 × 624 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,928 × 3,870 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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Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Claude Monet Stacks of Wheat (End of Summer), 1890–91