Winslow Homer Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876
Hound and Hunter
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
- Date
- 1892
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Size
- 28¼ × 48¼ in (71.8 × 122.3 cm)
- Museum
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, accession 1947.11.1. See the museum’s record
- Credit
- Gift of Stephen C. Clark
Public domain image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art (Open Access, CC0).
Palette
- #251D0F, 46 % of the picture, closest to Black walls
- #342414, 32 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #4C412B, 11 % of the picture, closest to Chocolate walls
- #726A51, 9 % of the picture, closest to Olive walls
- #A99D7A, 3 % of the picture, closest to Taupe walls
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Hang it
Pick the furniture and a print size to see it to scale on your wall.
- 23½ × 40 in, the whole painting on 30 × 40 in paper
- Center
- 55 in (140 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 17.8 % | 4 × 7 in | 5 × 7 in ready-made | 9 × 11 in custom | 11 × 13 in custom | 5028 dpi, crisp up close |
| 12 × 16 in | trims 21.7 % | 9½ × 16 in | 12 × 16 in ready-made | 16 × 20 in ready-made | 18 × 22 in custom | 2193 dpi, crisp up close |
| 18 × 24 in | trims 21.7 % | 14 × 24 in | 18 × 24 in ready-made | 22 × 28 in ready-made | 24 × 30 in ready-made | 1462 dpi, crisp up close |
| 20 × 30 in | trims 11.9 % | 17½ × 30 in | 20 × 30 in ready-made | 24 × 34 in custom | 26 × 36 in custom | 1171 dpi, crisp up close |
| 24 × 36 in | trims 11.9 % | 21 × 36 in | 24 × 36 in ready-made | 28 × 40 in custom | 30 × 42 in custom | 977 dpi, crisp up close |
| 30 × 40 in | trims 21.7 % | 23½ × 40 in | 30 × 40 in ready-made | 34 × 44 in custom | 36 × 46 in custom | 877 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.
Download
Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).
- Thumbnail (WebP) 560 × 326 px from Room Paintings
- Web image 843 × 490 px from National Gallery of Art
- Print file 2,000 × 1,164 px from National Gallery of Art
- Original file 35,432 × 20,615 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.
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Winslow Homer The Veteran in a New Field, 1865
Thomas Eakins Portrait of Mary Adeline Williams, 1899
Gustave Courbet Panoramic View of the Alps, Les Dents du Midi, 1877
Georges Seurat A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884, 1884–86, border added 1888–89
Giovanni Battista Tiepolo Armida Encounters the Sleeping Rinaldo, c. 1742–45