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A child and man stand facing away from us in this vertical painting. The scene is painted with visible dabs, stipples, and strokes of paint, and many details, especially in the distance, are indistinct.

Child Wearing a Red Scarf

Édouard Vuillard (French, 1868–1940)

Date
c. 1891
Medium
oil on cardboard
Size
11½ × 7 in (29.2 × 17.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1970.17.90. See the museum’s record
Credit
Ailsa Mellon Bruce Collection

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

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Print
24 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Child Wearing a Red Scarf: a 24 × 40 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24 × 40 in portrait print (61 × 102 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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 16.1 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 1501 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 20.1 % 9½ × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 656 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 20.1 % 14½ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 437 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in trims 10.2 % 18 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 350 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in trims 10.2 % 21½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 291 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 20.1 % 24 × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 262 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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