Thomas Cole View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, 1836
View of Schroon Mountain, Essex County, New York, After a Storm
Thomas Cole (American, 1801–1848)
- Date
- 1838
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 39¼ × 63¼ in (99.8 × 160.6 cm)
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, accession 1917.1335. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #3A2717, 43 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #56351C, 22 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #77594C, 12 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #A78373, 12 % of the picture, closest to Dusty Rose walls
- #C2B9B5, 11 % of the picture, closest to Greige walls
Closest wall colors:
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 25 × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55¾ 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.
Try it on your wall color
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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 13 % | 4½ × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 875 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 17.1 % | 10 × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 389 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 17.1 % | 15 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 258 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 6.8 % | 18½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 207 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 6.8 % | 22½ × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 172 dpi, crisp from a step back |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 17.1 % | 25 × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 154 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 344 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 1,263 × 775 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Print file 3,400 × 2,086 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- Original file 6,280 × 3,853 px from Cleveland Museum of Art
- The museum’s record of this painting Cleveland Museum of Art
Public domain image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum 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.
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