In this painting, short, angular brushstrokes suggest a person in motion. The person is bent over, facing the left, raising a large, thin object over one shoulder.

The Stone Breaker

Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Date: c. 1882
Medium: oil on wood
Size: 5¾ × 9½ in (14.6 × 24.1 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2014.18.50. See the museum’s record
Credit: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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

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Hang it

Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Where Print size

Print: 21¾ × 36 in, the whole painting on 24 × 36 in paper
Center: 50¼ in (127 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.

21¾ × 36 in landscape print (55 × 91 cm), centered 50¼ 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 15.2 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	1080 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 19.2 %	9¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	472 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 19.2 %	14½ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	315 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 9.1 %	18¼ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	252 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 9.1 %	21¾ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	210 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 19.2 %	24¼ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	189 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.

Download

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

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 347 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 522 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 1,240 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 7,562 × 4,687 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.