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The Brook of Les Puits-Noir, Gustave Courbet, c. 1855, oil on canvas

The Brook of Les Puits-Noir

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

Date
c. 1855
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
18¼ × 22 in (46.5 × 55.7 cm)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1933.1117. See the museum’s record
Credit
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Print
16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 4.2 % of the picture)
Center
65¼ in (166 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.
The Brook of Les Puits-Noir: a 16 × 20 in print hung above a headboard, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 65¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. 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
8 × 10 in trims 4.2 % 8 × 9½ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 200 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 4.2 % 16 × 19¼ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 100 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 Art Institute of Chicago (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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