What is the largest sharp print size for Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates?

At 300 dpi, this 3,811 × 2,549 px file prints up to 12.7 × 8.5 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 25.4 × 17 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates?

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 Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates 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.

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates — Paul Cézanne | Free high-res download

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates

Paul Cézanne · 1900–1906 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,811 × 2,549 px · 9.7 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to12.7 × 8.5 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 25.4 × 17 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	318	Gallery sharp	16%
14 × 11 in	231	Sharp up close	15%
16 × 12 in	212	Sharp up close	11%
20 × 16 in	159	Poster sharp	16%
24 × 18 in	141	Fine across a room	11%
36 × 24 in	105	Fine across a room	nothing
40 × 30 in	84	Too soft	11%

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

Still-Life with a Watermelon and Pomegranates is a work on paper by Paul Cézanne (French, Aix-en-Provence 1839–1906 Aix-en-Provence), dated 1900–1906. Watercolor over graphite on laid paper. Size on the museum record: sheet: 12 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (31.4 x 48.8 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — The Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg Collection, Gift of Walter H. and Leonore Annenberg, 2001, Bequest of Walter H. Annenberg, 2002.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,811 × 2,549 pixels — 9.7 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 12.7 × 8.5 in. The work on paper itself measures about 19.2 × 12.4 in, so a true life-size print runs below 300 dpi — still sharp at normal viewing distance.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: Paul Cézanne
Date: 1900–1906
Medium: Watercolor over graphite on laid paper
Size: sheet: 12 3/8 x 19 3/16 in. (31.4 x 48.8 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 2001.202.1
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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