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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 | 357 | Gallery sharp | 7% |
| 14 × 11 in | 259 | Sharp up close | 5% |
| 16 × 12 in | 238 | Sharp up close | nothing |
| 20 × 16 in | 178 | Poster sharp | 7% |
| 24 × 18 in | 158 | Poster sharp | nothing |
| 36 × 24 in | 106 | Fine across a room | 11% |
| 40 × 30 in | 95 | Too soft | nothing |
The ticket
Landscape with Apollo and the Muses is a work on paper by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) (French, Chamagne 1604/5?–1682 Rome), dated 1674. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on blue-green paper. Size on the museum record: 9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (23.8 x 32.1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Rogers Fund, 1961.
The Met catalogs Landscape with Apollo and the Muses as a pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on blue-green paper by Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée). The museum dates it 1674 (accession 61.59, Drawings and Prints). The subject is a view, and the eye travels from the foreground to the distance; give it wall space so that route stays readable. The Met's scan measures 3,828 × 2,858 pixels, which prints about 12.8 × 9.5 in at 300 dpi and 25.5 × 19.1 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its wide proportions sit naturally over a sofa, console or bed, and the crop figures in the set builder show what a standard frame would trim. It is close to monochrome, so the frame sets the mood: black for contrast, white for air, or a thin natural wood for warmth. Works on paper are quiet. Print near the original's scale instead of blowing it up, and keep it out of direct sun like the museum does. Light it from above with a soft warm bulb, hang the centre of the picture near 57 inches, and it will read as intended instead of as decoration.
The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,828 × 2,858 pixels — 10.9 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 12.8 × 9.5 in. That is roughly life-size: the work on paper itself measures about 12.6 × 9.4 in.Works on paper are quiet. Print near the original’s size rather than blowing it up, mat it generously, and keep it out of direct sun — the same rules the museum follows for the real one.
On the receipt
- Artist
- Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)
- Date
- 1674
- Medium
- Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash and white gouache, over traces of graphite, on blue-green paper
- Size
- 9 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (23.8 x 32.1 cm)
- Museum
- The Met · Drawings and Prints
- Accession
- 61.59
- License
- Public domain · CC0 1.0
- Source
- Museum record ↗
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