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This painting depicts the upper half of a person's body. Their body is facing us, but their head is turned to the right in a three-quarters view, looking away from us.

Portrait of a Young Girl

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

Date
1857
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
23¾ × 20¾ in (60.4 × 52.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1963.10.112. See the museum’s record
Credit
Chester Dale Collection

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

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Print
18 × 20¾ in, the whole painting on 18 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
Portrait of a Young Girl: an 18 × 20¾ in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 20¾ in portrait print (46 × 53 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
8 × 10 in trims 7.9 % 8 × 9¼ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 750 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 9.6 % 11 × 12¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 546 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 13.7 % 12 × 13¾ in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 500 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 7.9 % 16 × 18½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 375 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 13.7 % 18 × 20¾ in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 333 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in trims 13.7 % 30 × 34½ in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 200 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).

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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