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A row of about a dozen men and women sit, stand, or stroll along a sandy beach beneath a pale blue sky in this horizontal landscape painting. The scene is loosely painted so many of the facial features and other details are indistinct.

The Beach

Eugène Boudin (French, 1824–1898)

Date
1877
Medium
oil on wood
Size
4¼ × 10 in (11 × 25.6 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1970.17.14. 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
20 × 46½ in, the whole painting on 20 × 60 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Above the tub
24¾ in (63 cm) from the tub to the frame
Ideal width
40 to 45 in over a 60 in tub
The Beach: a 20 × 46½ in print hung above a tub, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
20 × 46½ in panoramic print (51 × 118 cm), centered 58 in from the floor, 24¾ in above the tub. 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 39.8 % 3 × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 701 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 42.7 % 7 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 304 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 36 in trims 22.4 % 12 × 28 in 12 × 36 in custom 16 × 40 in custom 18 × 42 in custom 175 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 35.5 % 13 × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 163 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 35.5 % 15½ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 135 dpi, soft up close
20 × 60 in trims 22.4 % 20 × 46½ in 20 × 60 in custom 24 × 64 in custom 26 × 66 in custom 105 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).

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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