What is the largest sharp print size for The Fall of the Rebel Angels?

At 300 dpi, this 30,000 × 21,654 px file prints up to 100 × 72.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 200 × 144.4 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of The Fall of the Rebel Angels?

Gallery-sharp (300 dpi or above) frame sizes: 10 × 8 in, 14 × 11 in, 16 × 12 in, 20 × 16 in, 24 × 18 in, 36 × 24 in, 40 × 30 in.

Does printing The Fall of the Rebel Angels 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.

The Fall of the Rebel Angels — Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Free high-res download

The Fall of the Rebel Angels

Pieter Bruegel the Elder · 1562 · Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels

Public domain · $0.0030,000 × 21,654 px · 649.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to100 × 72.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 200 × 144.4 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	2706	Gallery sharp	10%
14 × 11 in	1968	Gallery sharp	8%
16 × 12 in	1804	Gallery sharp	4%
20 × 16 in	1353	Gallery sharp	10%
24 × 18 in	1203	Gallery sharp	4%
36 × 24 in	833	Gallery sharp	8%
40 × 30 in	721	Gallery sharp	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 Fall of the Rebel Angels is a painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), dated 1562. Oil on oak panel. Size on the museum record: 117 × 162 cm. Held by Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; the free scan comes from Wikimedia Commons.

Michael and the faithful angels drive Satan's rebel host down from the clouds, and as they fall they change: wings turn to fins, heads to beaks, torsos to insects, shells and fruit. The sky is full of them. It is a Bosch-style fantasy in the hands of a painter more interested in how things look than what they mean. The Google Art Project scan runs to 30,000 pixels, which makes it a very large sharp print at any size.

The work is in the public domain, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 30,000 × 21,654 pixels — 649.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 100 × 72.2 in. That is bigger than the painting itself, which measures about 63.8 × 46.1 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.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.