What is the largest sharp print size for A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène?

At 300 dpi, this 2,918 × 3,475 px file prints up to 9.7 × 11.6 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 19.5 × 23.2 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène?

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 Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 21% 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 Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Free high-res download

A Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,918 × 3,475 px · 10.1 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to9.7 × 11.6 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 19.5 × 23.2 in at 150 dpi

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

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	347	Gallery sharp	5%
11 × 14 in	248	Sharp up close	6%
12 × 16 in	217	Sharp up close	11%
16 × 20 in	173	Poster sharp	5%
18 × 24 in	144	Fine across a room	11%
24 × 36 in	96	Too soft	21%
30 × 40 in	86	Too soft	11%

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 Scene from Offenbach's La Belle Hélène is a print by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, Albi 1864–1901 Saint-André-du-Bois), dated 1900. Lithograph. Size on the museum record: 27-15/16 x 20-7/16 in. (71.0 x 51.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1923.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,918 × 3,475 pixels — 10.1 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 9.7 × 11.6 in. The print itself measures about 20.4 × 28 in, so a true life-size print runs below 300 dpi — still sharp at normal viewing distance.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: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Date: 1900
Medium: Lithograph
Size: 27-15/16 x 20-7/16 in. (71.0 x 51.9 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 23.30.1
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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