What is the largest sharp print size for Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)?

At 300 dpi, this 2,829 × 3,520 px file prints up to 9.4 × 11.7 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 18.9 × 23.5 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)?

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.

Does printing Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 17% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) — Vincent van Gogh | Free high-res download

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)

Vincent van Gogh · 1887 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,829 × 3,520 px · 10 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to9.4 × 11.7 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 18.9 × 23.5 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. Big file — give it a minute.

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	352	Gallery sharp	nothing
11 × 14 in	251	Sharp up close	2%
12 × 16 in	220	Sharp up close	7%
16 × 20 in	176	Poster sharp	nothing
18 × 24 in	146	Fine across a room	7%
24 × 36 in	97	Too soft	17%
30 × 40 in	88	Too soft	7%

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

Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) is a painting by Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, Zundert 1853–1890 Auvers-sur-Oise), dated 1887. Oil on canvas. Size on the museum record: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its European Paintings collection — Bequest of Miss Adelaide Milton de Groot (1876-1967), 1967.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,829 × 3,520 pixels — 10 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 9.4 × 11.7 in. The painting itself measures about 12.5 × 16 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.

On the receipt

Artist: Vincent van Gogh
Date: 1887
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 16 x 12 1/2 in. (40.6 x 31.8 cm)
Museum: The Met · European Paintings
Accession: 67.187.70a
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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