Gustave Courbet Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, 1877
Landscape with Rocky Cliffs and a Waterfall
Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)
- Date
- 1872
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 31 × 36 in (78.5 × 91.5 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-1864. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of M.C., Baroness van Lynden-van Pallandt, The Hague
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #272419, 48 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #433B25, 24 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #61563B, 15 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #A6A284, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
- #827C5F, 5 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 17¼ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
- Center
- 65¾ in (167 cm) from the floor
- Above the headboard
- 8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
- Ideal width
- 40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 × 10 in | trims 6.7 % | 8 × 9¼ in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 684 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 12 in | trims 14.2 % | 10¼ × 12 in | 12 × 12 in ready-made | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 18 × 18 in custom | 531 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 8.4 % | 11 × 12¾ in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 497 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 16 in | trims 14.2 % | 13¾ × 16 in | 16 × 16 in ready-made | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 22 × 22 in custom | 399 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 6.7 % | 16 × 18¾ in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 342 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 20 in | trims 14.2 % | 17¼ × 20 in | 20 × 20 in ready-made | 24 × 24 in ready-made | 26 × 26 in custom | 318 dpi, crisp 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 453 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 682 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,617 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 6,771 × 5,474 px from Rijksmuseum
- The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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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