River Boat

Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)

Date: c. 1860
Medium: Oil on board
Size: 8¼ × 17¾ in (21.2 × 45.4 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1968.89. See the museum’s record
Credit: Bequest of Dr. John J. Ireland

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Hang it

Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Where Print size

Print: 18¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Above the tub: 25½ in (65 cm) from the tub to the frame
Ideal width: 40 to 45 in over a 60 in tub

18¾ × 40 in panoramic print (47 × 102 cm), centered 58 in from the floor, 25½ in above the tub. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 34.6 %	3¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	275 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 37.8 %	7½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	121 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in	trims 37.8 %	11¼ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	81 dpi, soft up close
20 × 30 in	trims 30 %	14 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	64 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 30 %	16¾ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	54 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 37.8 %	18¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	48 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 × 254 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 383 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 2,000 × 909 px from Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (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.