What is the largest sharp print size for Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)?

At 300 dpi, this 6,000 × 4,334 px file prints up to 20 × 14.4 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 40 × 28.9 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)?

Gallery-sharp (300 dpi or above) frame sizes: 10 × 8 in, 14 × 11 in, 16 × 12 in. Sharp-to-poster-quality sizes also work: 20 × 16 in, 24 × 18 in, 36 × 24 in.

Does printing Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 10% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) — Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Free high-res download

Dulle Griet (Mad Meg)

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1563 · Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp

Public domain · $0.006,000 × 4,334 px · 26 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to20 × 14.4 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 40 × 28.9 in at 150 dpi

The download is the original scan on Wikimedia Commons. 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
10 × 8 in	541	Gallery sharp	10%
14 × 11 in	394	Gallery sharp	8%
16 × 12 in	361	Gallery sharp	4%
20 × 16 in	270	Sharp up close	10%
24 × 18 in	240	Sharp up close	4%
36 × 24 in	166	Poster sharp	8%
40 × 30 in	144	Fine across a room	4%

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

Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), dated 1563. Oil on panel. Size on the museum record: 115 × 161 cm. Held by Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp; the free scan comes from Wikimedia Commons.

A bad-tempered woman from Flemish folklore, so greedy and so fierce that she led an army of women to plunder Hell itself. Bruegel shows her striding across a landscape full of monsters, a sword in one hand and her kitchenware in the other, as if she was running late for the shops. The scene is nearly as busy as a Bosch, and nearly as funny. Hang it opposite someone who owes you money.

The work is in the public domain, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 6,000 × 4,334 pixels — 26 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 20 × 14.4 in. The painting itself measures about 63.4 × 45.3 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.