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The Source, Gustave Courbet, 1862, oil on canvas

The Source

Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877)

Date
1862
Medium
Oil on canvas
Size
47¼ × 29¼ in (120 × 74.3 cm)
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 29.100.58. See the museum’s record
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
24¾ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) above the stair line
The Source: a 24¾ × 40 in print hung beside a staircase, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
24¾ × 40 in portrait print (63 × 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 13.3 % 4¼ × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 542 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 17.5 % 10 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 237 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 17.5 % 15 × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 158 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 7.2 % 18½ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 126 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in trims 7.2 % 22¼ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 105 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in trims 17.5 % 24¾ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 95 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 Metropolitan 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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