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 | 381 | Gallery sharp | 3% |
| 14 × 11 in | 272 | Sharp up close | 4% |
| 16 × 12 in | 238 | Sharp up close | 9% |
| 20 × 16 in | 190 | Poster sharp | 3% |
| 24 × 18 in | 158 | Poster sharp | 9% |
| 36 × 24 in | 105 | Fine across a room | 19% |
| 40 × 30 in | 95 | Too soft | 9% |
The ticket
Gray Weather, Grande Jatte is a painting by Georges Seurat (French, Paris 1859–1891 Paris), dated ca. 1886–88. Oil on canvas. Size on the museum record: 27 3/4 x 34 in. (70.5 x 86.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its European Paintings collection — The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2002, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002.
The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,811 × 3,132 pixels — 11.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 12.7 × 10.4 in. The painting itself measures about 34 × 27.8 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
This is La Grande Jatte in gray weather, looking from the island across the Seine toward red roofs in the Paris suburbs. The Met says the far bank is either Asnières or Courbevoie. Seurat had already used this stretch of river in Bathers at Asnières and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, but this canvas gives the place a quieter, cloudier turn. His small touches of color belong to the Divisionist technique often called Pointillism. The painted border is part of the work: according to the museum it was added before the painting was first exhibited in 1889.
That border is a good reason to examine the crop column before filling a standard frame. Cutting a few percent from each edge could remove something Seurat deliberately painted; a mat is the straightforward way to keep the whole scene. The museum file measures 3,811 × 3,132 pixels, enough for a generous print at the sizes marked in the chart. It is a different work from the famous Sunday painting held by the Art Institute of Chicago, so use the title and Met accession number 2002.62.3 when looking up the source.
Artwork history and object details: The Met’s collection record ↗
On the receipt
- Artist
- Georges Seurat
- Date
- ca. 1886–88
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Size
- 27 3/4 x 34 in. (70.5 x 86.4 cm)
- Museum
- The Met · European Paintings
- Accession
- 2002.62.3
- License
- Public domain · CC0 1.0
- Source
- Museum record ↗
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