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Six jockeys wearing colorful silks sit astride brown and black horses on a grassy field in this horizontal painting. Two more riders wearing top hats sit a bit farther back from the group, and two horses run on a grass track behind that.

The Races

Edgar Degas (French, 1834–1917)

Date
1871-1872
Medium
oil on wood
Size
10½ × 13¾ in (26.6 × 35.1 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1942.9.18. See the museum’s record
Credit
Widener Collection

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

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Print
30 × 40 in, filling the paper (trims 1 % of the picture)
Center
54¼ in (138 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.
The Races: a 30 × 40 in print hung above a console table, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
30 × 40 in landscape print (76 × 102 cm), centered 54¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
8 × 10 in trims 5.3 % 7½ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 1087 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 3.6 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 790 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 1 % 12 × 15¾ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 720 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 5.3 % 15¼ × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 543 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 1 % 18 × 23¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 480 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 1 % 30 × 39½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 288 dpi, crisp from a step back
36 × 48 in trims 1 % 36 × 47½ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 240 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).

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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