What is the largest sharp print size for Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net?

At 300 dpi, this 3,505 × 4,000 px file prints up to 11.7 × 13.3 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 23.4 × 26.7 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net?

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

Does printing Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 24% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net — Suzuki Harunobu | Free high-res download

Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net

Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1769 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,505 × 4,000 px · 14 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to11.7 × 13.3 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 23.4 × 26.7 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. 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
8 × 10 in	400	Gallery sharp	9%
11 × 14 in	285	Sharp up close	10%
12 × 16 in	250	Sharp up close	14%
16 × 20 in	200	Sharp up close	9%
18 × 24 in	166	Poster sharp	14%
24 × 36 in	111	Fine across a room	24%
30 × 40 in	100	Fine across a room	14%

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

Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated ca. 1769. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 10 3/4 x 7 15/16 in. (27.3 x 20.2 cm) medium-size print (chu-ban). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1918.

Mother and Son by a Mosquito Net is a woodblock print; ink and color on paper by Suzuki Harunobu, part of The Met's open-access collection. The museum dates it ca. 1769 (accession JP565, Asian Art). The subject is a person, so the face is the anchor. Hang it with the eyes near the centre line instead of floating high on the wall. The Met's scan measures 3,505 × 4,000 pixels, which prints about 11.7 × 13.3 in at 300 dpi and 23.4 × 26.7 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its tall proportions suit a hallway, a narrow wall or the gap beside a door, and the set builder shows how much each standard frame would crop. Its muted earth tones are forgiving: natural wood softens the palette, walnut deepens it and black frames it like a gallery. Woodblock prints were made to be reproduced, so a faithful reprint fits the tradition. Keep the paper tone warm instead of bleaching it to white. A warm picture light a few inches above the frame does more for a print than any paper upgrade, and the hanging centre line belongs near 57 inches.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,505 × 4,000 pixels — 14 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 11.7 × 13.3 in. That is bigger than the woodblock print itself, which measures about 8 × 10.7 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.Woodblock prints were made to be printed again and again — a reproduction is in keeping with the whole point of the thing. Keep the paper tone warm. A printer that bleaches the ground to white-white flattens it into clip art.