This painting shows a tranquil river scene with a distant horizon on the left showing rolling landscapes, trees, and small brown buildings across calm water.

Washerwomen at the Oise River near Valmondois

Charles-François Daubigny (French, 1817–1878)

Date: 1865
Medium: oil on wood
Size: 9½ × 18 in (24 × 46 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1949.1.3. See the museum’s record
Credit: Gift of R. Horace Gallatin

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

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Where Print size

Print: 18¾ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 48¾ in (124 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

18¾ × 36 in landscape print (48 × 91 cm), centered 48¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 27 %	3¾ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	864 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 30.4 %	8¼ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	385 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 30.4 %	12½ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	255 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 21.8 %	15½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	205 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 21.8 %	18¾ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	170 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 30.4 %	21 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	153 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 290 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 437 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 1,037 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 6,168 × 3,199 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.