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Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau), Gustave Courbet, 1863, oil on fabric

Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau)

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

Date
1863
Medium
oil on fabric
Size
32 × 24 in (81 × 61.2 cm)
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1962.2. See the museum’s record
Credit
Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund

Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.8 % of the picture)
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Mme L . . . (Laure Borreau): an 18 × 24 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.

Paper Filling the paper Printed whole Frame Frame with a 2 in mat Frame with a 3 in mat Sharpness
5 × 7 in trims 5.5 % 5 × 6½ in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 769 dpi, crisp up close
8 × 10 in trims 5.5 % 7½ × 10 in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 515 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 3.8 % 10½ × 14 in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 374 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 0.8 % 12 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 336 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 5.5 % 15 × 20 in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 257 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 0.8 % 18 × 23¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 224 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 0.8 % 30 × 39¾ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 134 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in trims 0.8 % 36 × 47½ in 36 × 48 in ready-made 40 × 52 in custom 42 × 54 in custom 112 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 Cleveland Museum 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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