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River Valley, Hercules Segers, c. 1626 - c. 1630, oil on panel

River Valley

Possibly by Hercules Segers (1589–1640)

Date
c. 1626 - c. 1630
Medium
oil on panel
Size
11¾ × 21 in (30 × 53.5 cm)
Museum
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-3120. See the museum’s record

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

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Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.

Print
22½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center
54½ in (138 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.
River Valley: a 22½ × 40 in print hung above a sofa, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22½ × 40 in landscape print (57 × 102 cm), centered 54½ 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 21.5 % 4 × 7 in 5 × 7 in ready-made 9 × 11 in custom 11 × 13 in custom 851 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 25.2 % 9 × 16 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 369 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in trims 25.2 % 13½ × 24 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 246 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in trims 15.9 % 16¾ × 30 in 20 × 30 in ready-made 24 × 34 in custom 26 × 36 in custom 197 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in trims 15.9 % 20¼ × 36 in 24 × 36 in ready-made 28 × 40 in custom 30 × 42 in custom 164 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 25.2 % 22½ × 40 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 148 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 (Public Domain Mark).

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.

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