The painting features a large gray watering can in the bottom right corner, set against a lush garden background. Bushes on the right side are speckled with dots of pink, yellow, blue, orange, and purple, suggesting flowers.

The Watering Can - Garden at Le Raincy

Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Date: c. 1883
Medium: oil on wood
Size: 9¾ × 6 in (24.8 × 15.2 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 2014.18.51. 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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Where Print size

Print: 24½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

24½ × 40 in portrait print (62 × 102 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.

Paper	Filling the paper	Printed whole	Frame	Frame with a 2 in mat	Frame with a 3 in mat	Sharpness
5 × 7 in	trims 14.2 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	923 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 18.3 %	9¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	404 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 18.3 %	14¾ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	269 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 8.1 %	18½ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	215 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 8.1 %	22 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	179 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 18.3 %	24½ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	161 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 345 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 520 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 1,233 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 3,987 × 6,466 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.