What is the largest sharp print size for A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape?

At 300 dpi, this 2,667 × 3,345 px file prints up to 8.9 × 11.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 17.8 × 22.3 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape?

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.

Does printing A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 16% 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 Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape — Gustave Doré | Free high-res download

A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape

Gustave Doré · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,667 × 3,345 px · 8.9 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to8.9 × 11.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 17.8 × 22.3 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	333	Gallery sharp	nothing
11 × 14 in	238	Sharp up close	1%
12 × 16 in	209	Sharp up close	6%
16 × 20 in	166	Poster sharp	nothing
18 × 24 in	139	Fine across a room	6%
24 × 36 in	92	Too soft	16%
30 × 40 in	83	Too soft	6%

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 Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape is a woodblock print by Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris). Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, heightened with white on woodblock. Size on the museum record: 9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. (23.6 x 18.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Gift of Charles H. Cryan, 1977.

In The Met's records, A Rider and a Dead Horse in a Landscape is a pen and black ink, brush and black wash, heightened with white on woodblock credited to Gustave Doré. The museum gives no firm date for it, and files it under accession 1977.543 in Drawings and Prints. The subject is a view, and the eye travels from the foreground to the distance; give it wall space so that route stays readable. The Met's scan measures 2,667 × 3,345 pixels, which prints about 8.9 × 11.2 in at 300 dpi and 17.8 × 22.3 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. Woodblock prints were made to be reproduced, so a faithful reprint fits the tradition. Keep the paper tone warm instead of bleaching it to white. A warm picture light a few inches above the frame does more for a print than any paper upgrade, and the hanging centre line belongs near 57 inches.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,667 × 3,345 pixels — 8.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 8.9 × 11.2 in. That is bigger than the woodblock print itself, which measures about 7.4 × 9.3 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.Woodblock prints were made to be printed again and again — a reproduction is in keeping with the whole point of the thing. Keep the paper tone warm. A printer that bleaches the ground to white-white flattens it into clip art.

On the receipt

Artist: Gustave Doré
Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and black wash, heightened with white on woodblock
Size: 9 5/16 x 7 3/8 in. (23.6 x 18.7 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 1977.543
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗