Cows in a Meadow near a Farm

Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625–1654)

Date: 1653
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 22¾ × 26¼ in (58 × 66.5 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-711. See the museum’s record
Credit: Jonkheer J.S.H. van de Poll Bequest, Amsterdam

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

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Where Print size

Print: 17½ × 20 in, the whole painting on 20 × 20 in paper
Center: 66 in (168 cm) from the floor
Above the headboard: 8 in (20 cm) from the headboard to the frame
Ideal width: 40 to 45 in over a 60 in headboard
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the headboard, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

17½ × 20 in landscape print (44 × 51 cm), centered 66 in from the floor, 8 in above the headboard. 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 8.2 %	8 × 9¼ in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	667 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in	trims 12.8 %	10½ × 12 in	12 × 12 in ready-made	16 × 16 in ready-made	18 × 18 in custom	508 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 9.9 %	11 × 12½ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	485 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in	trims 12.8 %	14 × 16 in	16 × 16 in ready-made	20 × 20 in ready-made	22 × 22 in custom	383 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in	trims 8.2 %	16 × 18½ in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	333 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 20 in	trims 12.8 %	17½ × 20 in	20 × 20 in ready-made	24 × 24 in ready-made	26 × 26 in custom	306 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 (Public Domain Mark).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 484 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 728 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 1,727 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 6,181 × 5,336 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.