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 | 375 | Gallery sharp | 6% |
| 11 × 14 in | 272 | Sharp up close | 5% |
| 12 × 16 in | 250 | Sharp up close | nothing |
| 16 × 20 in | 187 | Poster sharp | 6% |
| 18 × 24 in | 166 | Poster sharp | nothing |
| 24 × 36 in | 111 | Fine across a room | 11% |
| 30 × 40 in | 100 | Fine across a room | nothing |
The ticket
Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609) is a painting by El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1541–1614 Toledo), dated ca. 1600. Oil on canvas. Size on the museum record: 67 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (170.8 x 108cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its European Paintings collection — H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929.
The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,000 × 4,000 pixels — 12 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 10 × 13.3 in. The painting itself measures about 42.5 × 67.2 in, so a true life-size print runs below 300 dpi — still sharp at normal viewing distance.Paintings reproduce best on matte paper. Gloss throws glare across exactly the brushwork you came for, and a picture light does more for a print than any upgrade in paper.
Looking closer
The Met identifies this sitter as Fernando Niño de Guevara, Spain’s inquisitor general from 1599 to 1602 and later archbishop of Seville. El Greco probably painted him in Toledo in 1600, during a visit by Philip III and the Madrid court. That context makes the red robes and formal chair more than decorative theatre: this is a portrait of a man with considerable power. Yet the face meets the viewer head-on, and the left hand looks far less settled than the pose. The Met points to the taut hand, angular robe and animated brushwork as the painting’s source of tension.
For a wall print, the narrow upright format keeps the figure imposing without asking for a huge wall. The Met file is 3,000 × 4,000 pixels; the chart above shows which standard frames preserve its detail and how much an edge-to-edge print would trim. Keep the full composition with a mat if the sweep of the robe matters to you. Looking for the museum’s exact object? Its accession number is 29.100.5, and the source record is linked below.
Artwork history and object details: The Met’s collection record ↗
On the receipt
- Artist
- El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
- Date
- ca. 1600
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 67 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (170.8 x 108cm)
- Museum
- The Met · European Paintings
- Accession
- 29.100.5
- License
- Public domain · CC0 1.0
- Source
- Museum record ↗
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