Camille Corot Interrupted Reading, c. 1870
View near Epernon
Camille Corot (French, 1796–1875)
- Date
- 1850/1860
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 13¼ × 21¾ in (33.8 × 55.3 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.9.13. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Widener Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #E2DDC5, 49 % of the picture, closest to Cream walls
- #6F612A, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #998536, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #3E3B27, 13 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #C5BA9B, 9 % 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.
- 24½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55½ in (141 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.
Try it on your wall color
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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 14.4 % | 4¼ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 926 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 18.5 % | 9¾ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 406 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 18.5 % | 14¾ × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 270 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 8.3 % | 18¼ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 217 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 8.3 % | 22 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 181 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 18.5 % | 24½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 163 dpi, crisp from a step back |
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 × 336 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 506 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,202 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 6,630 × 3,983 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.
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Théodore Rousseau The Forest in Winter at Sunset, ca. 1846–67