Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)?

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.

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Q: What is the largest sharp print size for Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)?

At 300 dpi, this 3,921 × 2,458 px file prints up to 13.1 × 8.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 26.1 × 16.4 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Q: Does printing Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow) require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 22% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow)

Thomas Cole · 1836 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,921 × 2,458 px · 9.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to13.1 × 8.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 26.1 × 16.4 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
10 × 8 in	307	Gallery sharp	22%
14 × 11 in	223	Sharp up close	20%
16 × 12 in	204	Sharp up close	16%
20 × 16 in	153	Poster sharp	22%
24 × 18 in	136	Fine across a room	16%
36 × 24 in	102	Fine across a room	6%
40 × 30 in	81	Too soft	16%

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The ticket

Sketch for View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm (The Oxbow) is a painting by Thomas Cole (American, Lancashire 1801–1848 Catskill, New York), dated 1836. Oil and pencil on composition board. Size on the museum record: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (14 x 23.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its The American Wing collection — Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Delancey Thorn Grant, in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, by exchange and Friends of the American Wing Fund, 2014.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,921 × 2,458 pixels — 9.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 13.1 × 8.2 in. That is bigger than the painting itself, which measures about 9.4 × 5.5 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.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: Thomas Cole
Date: 1836
Medium: Oil and pencil on composition board
Size: 5 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (14 x 23.8 cm)
Museum: The Met · The American Wing
Accession: 2014.59
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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