The Cattle Herd

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683)

Date: 1656
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 15 × 24½ in (38 × 62.5 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-30. See the museum’s record

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

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Where Print size

Print: 24¼ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 55½ in (141 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.

24¼ × 40 in landscape print (62 × 102 cm), centered 55½ 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 14.9 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	883 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 18.9 %	9¾ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	391 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 18.9 %	14½ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	260 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 30 in	trims 8.8 %	18¼ × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	208 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 8.8 %	22 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	173 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 18.9 %	24¼ × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	156 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 (Public Domain Mark).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 335 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 504 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 1,196 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 6,349 × 3,797 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.