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From a distance, we look slightly down into a lush park filled pairs and groups of elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children frolicking and socializing in this vertical painting.

Blindman's Buff

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Date
c. 1775/1780
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
85 × 77¾ in (216.2 × 197.8 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1961.9.16. See the museum’s record
Credit
Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Print
22 × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
Blindman's Buff: a 22 × 24 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
22 × 24 in portrait print (56 × 61 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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
8 × 10 in trims 12.6 % 8 × 8¾ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 482 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in trims 8.5 % 11 × 12 in 12 × 12 in ready-made 16 × 16 in ready-made 18 × 18 in custom 350 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in trims 8.5 % 14½ × 16 in 16 × 16 in ready-made 20 × 20 in ready-made 22 × 22 in custom 263 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in trims 12.6 % 16 × 17½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 240 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in trims 8.5 % 18¼ × 20 in 20 × 20 in ready-made 24 × 24 in ready-made 26 × 26 in custom 210 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in trims 8.5 % 22 × 24 in 24 × 24 in ready-made 28 × 28 in custom 30 × 30 in custom 175 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 (CC0).

Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery 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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