Washerwomen
François Boucher (1703 to 1770), 1768
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 16 x 16 in, 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
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- François Boucher (1703 to 1770)
- Date
- 1768
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · open access
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02487
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 16 x 16 in | 117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 20 in | 93 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 30 in | 62 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,873 x 1,912 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 44, lights 117 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 1.94
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (31 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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