Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870
A Woman Reading
Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)
- Date
- 1869 and 1870
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 21½ × 14¾ in (54.3 × 37.5 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 28.90. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Louise Senff Cameron, in memory of her uncle, Charles H. Senff, 1928
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #8A7F69, 27 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #423B2B, 27 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #241E17, 21 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #6B5D46, 16 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #070504, 9 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.5 % 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 3.3 % | 4¾ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 571 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 3.5 % | 20 × 29 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 3.5 % | 24 × 34¾ in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 111 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) 409 × 560 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 457 × 625 px from The Met
- Print and original file 2,926 × 4,000 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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By Camille Corot, or in the same style or subject.
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Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67
Gustave Caillebotte Paris Street; Rainy Day, 1877
Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89