A tired-looking brown and white cow lies down on a patch of dry earth, a dark-brown bull and cow standing behind her against an overcast sky.

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow

Paulus Potter (Dutch, 1625–1654)

Date: 1647
Medium: Oil on panel
Size: 19½ × 14¾ in (49.5 × 37.2 cm)
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago, accession 1997.336. See the museum’s record
Credit: In loving memory of Harold T. Martin from Eloise W. Martin, wife, and Joyce Martin Brown, daughter; Charles H. and Mary F. S. Worcester Collection; Lacy Armour Endowment; through prior gift of Frank H. and Louise B. Woods

Public domain image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago (CC0).

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Print: 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 0.3 % of the picture)
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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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
5 × 7 in	trims 5 %	5 × 6½ in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	285 dpi, crisp from a step back
11 × 14 in	trims 4.3 %	10½ × 14 in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	136 dpi, soft up close
12 × 16 in	trims 0.3 %	12 × 16 in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	125 dpi, soft up close
18 × 24 in	trims 0.3 %	18 × 24 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	83 dpi, soft up close
30 × 40 in	trims 0.3 %	30 × 40 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	50 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in	trims 0.3 %	36 × 48 in	36 × 48 in ready-made	40 × 52 in custom	42 × 54 in custom	41 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).

Thumbnail (WebP) 422 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 1,120 px from Art Institute of Chicago
Print file 1,505 × 2,000 px from Art Institute of Chicago
The museum’s record of this painting Art Institute of Chicago

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