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From a distance, we look down onto and across a lush park filled with elegantly dressed, light-skinned adults and children gathered in small groups as one woman swings from tall trees in this vertical painting.

The Swing

Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806)

Date
c. 1775/1780
Medium
oil on canvas
Size
85 × 73 in (215.9 × 185.5 cm)
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1961.9.17. 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
18 × 21 in, the whole painting on 18 × 24 in paper
Center
58 in (147 cm) from the floor
The Swing: an 18 × 21 in print hung on a plain wall, drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall
18 × 21 in portrait print (46 × 53 cm), centered 58 in from the floor. 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
8 × 10 in trims 6.9 % 8 × 9¼ in 8 × 10 in ready-made 12 × 14 in custom 14 × 16 in custom 480 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in trims 8.5 % 11 × 12¾ in 11 × 14 in ready-made 15 × 18 in custom 17 × 20 in custom 349 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in trims 12.7 % 12 × 14 in 12 × 16 in ready-made 16 × 20 in ready-made 18 × 22 in custom 320 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in trims 6.9 % 16 × 18½ in 16 × 20 in ready-made 20 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 26 in custom 240 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in trims 12.7 % 18 × 21 in 18 × 24 in ready-made 22 × 28 in ready-made 24 × 30 in ready-made 213 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in trims 12.7 % 30 × 35 in 30 × 40 in ready-made 34 × 44 in custom 36 × 46 in custom 128 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 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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