This painting depicts a vast landscape with a horizon line in the lower third of the painting. A range of dark brown and purple mountains or hills stretches across the width of the image.

Study for "Catskill Creek"

Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)

Date: c. 1844/1845
Medium: oil on wood
Size: 12 × 18 in (30.5 × 45.7 cm)
Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1998.67.1. See the museum’s record
Credit: Avalon Fund

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

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Where Print size

Print: 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 0.1 % of the picture)
Center: 51¼ in (130 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.

24 × 36 in landscape print (61 × 91 cm), centered 51¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. 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
20 × 30 in	trims 0.1 %	20 × 30 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	218 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 36 in	trims 0.1 %	24 × 36 in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	181 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 (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 373 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 561 px from National Gallery of Art
Print file 2,000 × 1,331 px from National Gallery of Art
Original file 6,559 × 4,365 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.