What is the largest sharp print size for A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos"?

At 300 dpi, this 2,494 × 3,654 px file prints up to 8.3 × 12.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 16.6 × 24.4 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos"?

Gallery-sharp (300 dpi or above) frame sizes: 8 × 10 in. Sharp-to-poster-quality sizes also work: 11 × 14 in, 12 × 16 in, 16 × 20 in.

A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from… — Francisco Goya | Free high-res download

Q: Does printing A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos" require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 15% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos"

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,494 × 3,654 px · 9.1 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to8.3 × 12.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 16.6 × 24.4 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. Big file — give it a minute.

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How big can you print it?

Standard frame sizes, turned to match the artwork. "Crops" is how much of the picture you lose filling that frame edge to edge — or keep it all and let a mat take up the difference.

Frame	Effective dpi	Verdict	Crops
8 × 10 in	311	Gallery sharp	15%
11 × 14 in	226	Sharp up close	13%
12 × 16 in	207	Sharp up close	9%
16 × 20 in	155	Poster sharp	15%
18 × 24 in	138	Fine across a room	9%
24 × 36 in	101	Fine across a room	2%
30 × 40 in	83	Too soft	9%

Will it fit over your couch? Put this one on your wall, to scale — crop or mat, frame size, hang height and the order.

The ticket

A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos" is a print by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes) (Spanish, Fuendetodos 1746–1828 Bordeaux), dated 1799. Etching, burnished aquatint, burin. Size on the museum record: Plate: 8 1/2 × 5 15/16 in. (21.6 × 15.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/16 x 7 13/16 in. (30.7 x 19.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Gift of Walter E. Sachs, 1916.

The Met catalogs A pretty piece of advice (Bellos consejos), plate 15 from "Los Caprichos" as an etching, burnished aquatint, burin by Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes). The museum dates it 1799, and files it under accession 16.4.10 in Drawings and Prints. Spend a minute with the composition before choosing a size: notice where the eye lands first and where it rests. The Met's scan measures 2,494 × 3,654 pixels, which prints about 8.3 × 12.2 in at 300 dpi and 16.6 × 24.4 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Because it runs tall, it wants a vertical frame; compare the crop percentage across sizes before you choose. It is close to monochrome, so the frame sets the mood: black for contrast, white for air, or a thin natural wood for warmth. Line work lives on contrast. Print it on smooth bright paper and give it a wider frame or mat so the fine marks are not swallowed. Add a small picture light and keep the centre of the piece around 57 inches from the floor; those two choices make a reproduction look deliberate.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,494 × 3,654 pixels — 9.1 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 8.3 × 12.2 in. That is bigger than the print itself, which measures about 5.9 × 8.5 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.Line work lives or dies on contrast. Print it on a smooth, bright paper and give it a wide mat: small graphic work drowns in a thin frame and a big empty border makes it look like it came out of a print room drawer.

On the receipt

Artist: Goya (Francisco de Goya y Lucientes)
Date: 1799
Medium: Etching, burnished aquatint, burin
Size: Plate: 8 1/2 × 5 15/16 in. (21.6 × 15.1 cm) Sheet: 12 1/16 x 7 13/16 in. (30.7 x 19.9 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 16.4.10
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗