The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne, Édouard Manet, 1864, oil on canvas

The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne

Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)

Date
1864
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
32¼ × 39¼ in (81.6 × 100 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1999.442. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Peter H. B. Frelinghuysen, and Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Bernhard Gift, by exchange, Gifts of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rodgers and Joanne Toor Cummings, by exchange, and Drue Heinz Trust, The Dillon Fund, The Vincent Astor Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis, The Charles Engelhard Foundation, and Florence and Herbert Irving Gifts, 1999

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

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Print
16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 2 % of the picture)
Center
51¼ in (130 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.
The "Kearsarge" at Boulogne: a 16 × 20 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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