What is the largest sharp print size for The Cyclops?

At 300 dpi, this 2,846 × 3,579 px file prints up to 9.5 × 11.9 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 19 × 23.9 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

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

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 The Cyclops 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.

The Cyclops — Odilon Redon | Free high-res download

The Cyclops

Odilon Redon · ca. 1914 · Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo

Public domain · $0.002,846 × 3,579 px · 10.2 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to9.5 × 11.9 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 19 × 23.9 in at 150 dpi

The download is the original scan on Wikimedia Commons. 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
8 × 10 in	355	Gallery sharp	1%
11 × 14 in	255	Sharp up close	1%
12 × 16 in	223	Sharp up close	6%
16 × 20 in	177	Poster sharp	1%
18 × 24 in	149	Fine across a room	6%
24 × 36 in	99	Too soft	16%
30 × 40 in	89	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

The Cyclops is a painting by Odilon Redon (French, Bordeaux 1840–1916 Paris), dated ca. 1914. Oil on canvas. Held by Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo; the free scan comes from Wikimedia Commons.

Redon's Cyclops is not a monster from a fairy story. He is gentle, gawky and shy, peering over a flowering ridge at Galatea asleep below. Redon spent decades making black-and-white nightmares and then, in later life, switched to jewel colours. This is the high point of his colour period. It hangs well in a bedroom or a study and looks different in daylight and lamplight.

The work is in the public domain, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 2,846 × 3,579 pixels — 10.2 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 9.5 × 11.9 in. 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.