Fishing Pinks in Breaking Waves

Hendrik Willem Mesdag (Dutch, 1831–1915)

Date: c. 1875 - c. 1885
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 35½ × 71¼ in (90 × 181 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-2670. See the museum’s record
Credit: A.C. van Zegwaard Bequest

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).

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Where Print size

Print: 20 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 53¼ in (135 cm) from the floor
Above the sofa: 8 in (20 cm) from the sofa to the frame
Ideal width: 56 to 63 in over an 84 in sofa
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the sofa, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

20 × 40 in panoramic print (51 × 102 cm), centered 53¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in	trims 30.4 %	3½ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	895 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 33.7 %	8 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	391 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 33.7 %	12 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	263 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 25.4 %	15 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	210 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 25.4 %	18 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	175 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 33.7 %	20 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	157 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 (Public Domain Mark).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 276 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 415 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 984 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 6,372 × 3,135 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.