A man sitting in a tall, upholstered armchair reads a newspaper in this vertical portrait painting. The man and the room in which he sits is loosely painted with bold, visible strokes throughout.

The Artist's Father, Reading "L'Événement"

Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906)

Date: 1866
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 78¼ × 47 in (198.5 × 119.3 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1970.5.1. See the museum’s record
Credit: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

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

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Where Print size

Print: 24 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) from the floor

24 × 40 in portrait print (61 × 102 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
5 × 7 in	trims 15.9 %	4¼ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	3114 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 19.9 %	9½ × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	1362 dpi, crisp up close
18 × 24 in	trims 19.9 %	14½ × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	908 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 9.9 %	18 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	726 dpi, crisp up close
24 × 36 in	trims 9.9 %	21½ × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	605 dpi, crisp up close
30 × 40 in	trims 19.9 %	24 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	545 dpi, crisp 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) 332 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 500 × 843 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 1,187 × 2,000 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 13,082 × 22,047 px from National Gallery of Art
The museum’s record of this painting National Gallery of Art

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.