Édouard Manet The Railway, 1873
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil
Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883)
- Date
- 1874
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 24 × 39¼ in (61 × 99.7 cm)
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1976.201.14. 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).
Palette
- #394B37, 32 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #42654D, 24 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #555940, 21 % of the picture, closest to Forest Green walls
- #66745F, 15 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #A6A093, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 24½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55½ 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.
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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 14.3 % | 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 18.4 % | 9¾ × 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 18.4 % | 14¾ × 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 8.2 % | 18½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 133 dpi, soft up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 8.2 % | 22 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 111 dpi, soft up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 18.4 % | 24½ × 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 352 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 599 × 377 px from The Met
- Print and original file 4,000 × 2,518 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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