The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil, Édouard Manet, 1874, oil on canvas

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).

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Print
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.
The Monet Family in Their Garden at Argenteuil: a 24½ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24½ × 40 in landscape print (62 × 102 cm), centered 55½ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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.