What is the largest sharp print size for The Rhinoceros?

At 300 dpi, this 4,000 × 3,141 px file prints up to 13.3 × 10.5 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 26.7 × 20.9 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of The Rhinoceros?

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

Does printing The Rhinoceros 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.

The Rhinoceros — Albrecht Dürer | Free high-res download

The Rhinoceros

Albrecht Dürer · 1515 · National Gallery of Art, Washington

Public domain · $0.004,000 × 3,141 px · 12.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to13.3 × 10.5 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 26.7 × 20.9 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	392	Gallery sharp	2%
14 × 11 in	285	Sharp up close	nothing
16 × 12 in	250	Sharp up close	4%
20 × 16 in	196	Poster sharp	2%
24 × 18 in	166	Poster sharp	4%
36 × 24 in	111	Fine across a room	15%
40 × 30 in	100	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

The Rhinoceros is a print by Albrecht Dürer (German, Nuremberg 1471–1528 Nuremberg), dated 1515. Woodcut. Held by National Gallery of Art, Washington; the free scan comes from Wikimedia Commons.

A rhinoceros reached Lisbon in 1515, and Dürer, in Nuremberg, worked from a written account and a quick sketch. The result has plated armour, a a second small horn on its shoulder and scaled legs, none of which the animal has. It was copied everywhere and treated as accurate for about two hundred years. The animal itself drowned on a ship to Rome the next year. It is a very good print for a study, a hallway or a gift for anyone who has ever bluffed their way through a meeting.

The work is in the public domain, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 4,000 × 3,141 pixels — 12.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 13.3 × 10.5 in. 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.