What is the largest sharp print size for Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden?

At 300 dpi, this 3,474 × 2,771 px file prints up to 11.6 × 9.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 23.2 × 18.5 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden?

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.

Does printing Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 16% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden — Gustave Doré | Free high-res download

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden

Gustave Doré · 1862 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,474 × 2,771 px · 9.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to11.6 × 9.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 23.2 × 18.5 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
10 × 8 in	346	Gallery sharp	nothing
14 × 11 in	248	Sharp up close	1%
16 × 12 in	217	Sharp up close	6%
20 × 16 in	173	Poster sharp	nothing
24 × 18 in	144	Fine across a room	6%
36 × 24 in	96	Too soft	16%
40 × 30 in	86	Too soft	6%

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

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden is a work on paper by Gustave Doré (French, Strasbourg 1832–1883 Paris), dated 1862. Graphite, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white and gray gouache. Size on the museum record: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in. (23 × 29 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Gift of James David Draper, from the Robert Isaacson Collection, 2014.

Pauline Viardot Gambling at Baden-Baden is a graphite, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white and gray gouache by Gustave Doré, part of The Met's open-access collection. The museum dates it 1862; it sits in the Drawings and Prints department as accession 2014.643.6. Spend a minute with the composition before choosing a size: notice where the eye lands first and where it rests. The Met's scan measures 3,474 × 2,771 pixels, which prints about 11.6 × 9.2 in at 300 dpi and 23.2 × 18.5 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Because it runs wide, it wants a horizontal frame; check the crop percentage for each size before you commit. Its muted earth tones are forgiving: natural wood softens the palette, walnut deepens it and black frames it like a gallery. 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. 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 3,474 × 2,771 pixels — 9.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 11.6 × 9.2 in. That is roughly life-size: the work on paper itself measures about 11.4 × 9.1 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: Gustave Doré
Date: 1862
Medium: Graphite, pen and gray and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, heightened with white and gray gouache
Size: Sheet: 9 1/16 × 11 7/16 in. (23 × 29 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 2014.643.6
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗