This painting shows a beach scene with people gathered on the sandy shore, facing away from us, looking towards the water. The horizon is in the center of the image, with the pale green-blue sea meeting the slightly darker blue sky.

On the Beach

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Date: 1894
Medium: oil on wood
Size: 5½ × 9½ in (13.9 × 23.9 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1963.10.6. See the museum’s record
Credit: Chester Dale Collection

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

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Where Print size

Print: 21 × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 49¾ in (126 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

21 × 36 in landscape print (53 × 91 cm), centered 49¾ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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 18.6 %	4 × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	724 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 22.4 %	9¼ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	319 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 22.4 %	14 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	212 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 12.7 %	17½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	169 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 12.7 %	21 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	142 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 22.4 %	23¼ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	127 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.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 322 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 484 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 1,147 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 5,176 × 2,969 px from National Gallery of Art
The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art

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.