Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870
La Cervara, the Roman Campagna
Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)
- Date
- c. 1830–31
- Medium
- oil on fabric
- Size
- 38½ × 53½ in (97.6 × 135.8 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1963.91. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #474237, 26 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #6F8FA7, 25 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Blue walls
- #665D4C, 23 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #A1B4B9, 13 % of the picture, closest to Powder Blue walls
- #8B7D68, 13 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 4.1 % of the picture)
- Center
- 61¼ in (156 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.
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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 0.6 % | 5 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 850 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 4.1 % | 11½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 355 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 4.1 % | 17¼ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 237 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 4.1 % | 28¾ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 142 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 4.1 % | 34½ × 48 in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 118 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) 560 × 402 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 1,245 × 893 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 3,400 × 2,438 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 5,951 × 4,267 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland 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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Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67
Jean-François Millet Peasants Bringing Home a Calf Born in the Fields, 1864
Jean-François Millet The Keeper of the Flock, 1871–74