The Forest Stream

Jacob van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628–1682)

Date: ca. 1660
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 39¼ × 50¾ in (99.7 × 129.2 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 89.15.4. See the museum’s record
Credit: Marquand Collection, Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1889

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

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Where Print size

Print: 36 × 48 in, filling the paper (trims 2.8 % of the picture)
Center: 61¼ in (156 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.

36 × 48 in landscape print (91 × 122 cm), centered 61¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the sofa. 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 3.5 %	7¾ × 10 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	377 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 1.8 %	10¾ × 14 in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	274 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 2.8 %	12 × 15½ in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	243 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	trims 3.5 %	15½ × 20 in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	188 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 2.8 %	18 × 23¼ in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	162 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 2.8 %	30 × 39 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	97 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in	trims 2.8 %	36 × 46¾ in	36 × 48 in ready-made	40 × 52 in custom	42 × 54 in custom	81 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 433 px from Room Paintings
Web image 600 × 464 px from The Met
Print and original file 3,903 × 3,020 px from The Met
The museum’s record of this painting The Met

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.