Moss-green land rising to a tree-topped bluff follows the curve of a sandy beach surrounding a pale blue cove in this horizontal landscape painting.

Beach near Etretat

Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)

Date: c. 1872
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 4¾ × 10 in (12.3 × 25.5 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1970.17.117. See the museum’s record
Credit: Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

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

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Where Print size

Print: 19¼ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Above the tub: 25 in (64 cm) from the tub to the frame
Ideal width: 40 to 45 in over a 60 in tub

19¼ × 40 in panoramic print (49 × 102 cm), centered 58 in from the floor, 25 in above the tub. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 32.5 %	3½ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	832 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 35.7 %	7¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	367 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 35.7 %	11½ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	243 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 27.6 %	14½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	195 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 27.6 %	17½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	162 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 35.7 %	19¼ × 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 269 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 405 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 961 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 5,888 × 2,829 px from National Gallery of Art
The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art

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.