What is the largest sharp print size for The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa?

At 300 dpi, this 3,925 × 2,588 px file prints up to 13.1 × 8.6 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 26.2 × 17.3 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa?

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 The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 18% 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 Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa — Pieter Bruegel the Elder | Free high-res download

The Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,925 × 2,588 px · 10.2 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to13.1 × 8.6 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 26.2 × 17.3 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	323	Gallery sharp	18%
14 × 11 in	235	Sharp up close	16%
16 × 12 in	215	Sharp up close	12%
20 × 16 in	161	Poster sharp	18%
24 × 18 in	143	Fine across a room	12%
36 × 24 in	107	Fine across a room	1%
40 × 30 in	86	Too soft	12%

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 Dirty Bride or The Wedding of Mopsus and Nisa is a work on paper by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, Breda (?) ca. 1525–1569 Brussels), dated ca. 1566. Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood. Size on the museum record: Overall: 10 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (26.4 x 41.6 x 2.9 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1932.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,925 × 2,588 pixels — 10.2 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 13.1 × 8.6 in. That is bigger than the work on paper itself, which measures about 1.1 × 16.4 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.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: Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Date: ca. 1566
Medium: Pen and black-brown ink on white-prepared partially carved block of applewood
Size: Overall: 10 3/8 x 16 3/8 x 1 1/8 in. (26.4 x 41.6 x 2.9 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 32.63
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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