What is the largest sharp print size for The Aegean Sea?

At 300 dpi, this 2,454 × 1,557 px file prints up to 8.2 × 5.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 16.4 × 10.4 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of The Aegean Sea?

The best frame sizes for this file are 10 × 8 in, 14 × 11 in, 16 × 12 in, printing at 150–299 dpi (poster- to sharp-quality).

Does printing The Aegean Sea require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 21% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

The Aegean Sea — Frederic Edwin Church | Free high-res download

The Aegean Sea

Frederic Edwin Church · ca. 1877 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.002,454 × 1,557 px · 3.8 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to8.2 × 5.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 16.4 × 10.4 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	194	Poster sharp	21%
14 × 11 in	141	Fine across a room	19%
16 × 12 in	129	Fine across a room	15%
20 × 16 in	97	Too soft	21%
24 × 18 in	86	Too soft	15%
36 × 24 in	64	Too soft	5%
40 × 30 in	51	Too soft	15%

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

The Aegean Sea is a painting by Frederic Edwin Church (American, Hartford, Connecticut 1826–1900 New York), dated ca. 1877. Oil on canvas. Size on the museum record: 54 in. × 84 1/4 in. (137.2 × 214 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its The American Wing collection — Bequest of Mrs. William H. Osborn, 1902.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,454 × 1,557 pixels — 3.8 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 8.2 × 5.2 in. The painting itself measures about 84.3 × 54 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: Frederic Edwin Church
Date: ca. 1877
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size: 54 in. × 84 1/4 in. (137.2 × 214 cm)
Museum: The Met · The American Wing
Accession: 02.23
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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