Kasparus Karsen Townscape, 1840 - 1880
Rhine Fantasy
Kasparus Karsen (1810–1896)
- Date
- 1840 - 1870
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Size
- 14½ × 19 in (37 × 48.5 cm)
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-3129. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of E. Karsen, Amsterdam
Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).
Palette
- #ACBBAE, 34 % of the picture, closest to Sage Green walls
- #C6C9B5, 27 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
- #7B6247, 19 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #4D3926, 11 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #9C8E74, 9 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
Closest wall colors:
Fits these rooms
Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 30 × 40 in, filling the paper (trims 1.7 % of the picture)
- Center
- 54¼ in (138 cm) from the floor
- Above the console table
- 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
- Ideal width
- 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
- Why this height
- Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.
Try it on your wall color
Default greige
Print it
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 4.7 % | 7½ × 10 in | 8 × 10 in ready-made | 12 × 14 in custom | 14 × 16 in custom | 537 dpi, crisp up close |
| 11 × 14 in | trims 2.9 % | 10¾ × 14 in | 11 × 14 in ready-made | 15 × 18 in custom | 17 × 20 in custom | 391 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 1.7 % | 12 × 15¾ in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 358 dpi, crisp up close |
| 16 × 20 in | trims 4.7 % | 15¼ × 20 in | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 20 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 26 in custom | 268 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 1.7 % | 18 × 23½ in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 238 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 1.7 % | 30 × 39¼ in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 143 dpi, soft up close |
| 36 × 48 in | trims 1.7 % | 36 × 47¼ in | 36 × 48 in ready-made | 40 × 52 in custom | 42 × 54 in custom | 119 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (Public Domain Mark).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 420 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 633 px from Rijksmuseum
- Print file 2,000 × 1,502 px from Rijksmuseum
- Original file 5,729 × 4,303 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.
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