Peonies

Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

Date: 1864–65
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 23½ × 13¾ in (59.4 × 35.2 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1976.201.16. See the museum’s record
Credit: Bequest of Joan Whitney Payson, 1975

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 23¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

23¾ × 40 in portrait print (60 × 102 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 17 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	571 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 20.9 %	9½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	250 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 20.9 %	14¼ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	166 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 11.1 %	17¾ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	133 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 11.1 %	21¼ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	111 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 20.9 %	23¾ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	100 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) 352 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 392 × 624 px from The Met
Print and original file 2,514 × 4,000 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.