We are eye-level on a beach with half a dozen ships in view, sitting on the ground against a gray sky in this vertical landscape oil painting created with broad, unblended strokes.

Low Tide, Sailboats Run Aground

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Date
1885-1890
Medium
oil on panel
Size
10½ × 9¾ in (26.7 × 24.8 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2025.11.8. See the museum’s record
Credit
Gift of Miriam and Eliezer Benbassat

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

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Print
22¼ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Low Tide, Sailboats Run Aground: a 22¼ × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22¼ × 24 in portrait print (57 × 61 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.

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.