Charles-François Daubigny The Marsh, 1871
The Hamlet of Optevoz
Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)
- Date
- ca. 1852
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 22¾ × 36½ in (57.8 × 92.7 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 11.45.3. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Bequest of Robert Graham Dun, 1900
Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #1E1118, 35 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #C3C4BF, 31 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #302A2B, 19 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #514F4A, 11 % of the picture, closest to Charcoal walls
- #93938C, 5 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 25 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55¾ 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
Default greige
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 12.7 % | 4½ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 537 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 16.9 % | 10 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 236 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 16.9 % | 15 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 157 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 6.5 % | 18¾ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 126 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 6.5 % | 22½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 105 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 16.9 % | 25 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 94 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 × 348 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 372 px from The Met
- Print and original file 3,811 × 2,365 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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