What is the largest sharp print size for The Gossips?

At 300 dpi, this 3,025 × 3,838 px file prints up to 10.1 × 12.8 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 20.2 × 25.6 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

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

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, 18 × 24 in.

Does printing The Gossips require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 15% 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 Gossips — Suzuki Harunobu | Free high-res download

The Gossips

Suzuki Harunobu · ca. 1767 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,025 × 3,838 px · 11.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to10.1 × 12.8 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 20.2 × 25.6 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. 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	378	Gallery sharp	1%
11 × 14 in	274	Sharp up close	nothing
12 × 16 in	239	Sharp up close	5%
16 × 20 in	189	Poster sharp	1%
18 × 24 in	159	Poster sharp	5%
24 × 36 in	106	Fine across a room	15%
30 × 40 in	95	Too soft	5%

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 Gossips is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated ca. 1767. Woodblock print; ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: 10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (26 x 18.4 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — Gift of Estate of Samuel Isham, 1914.

The Met catalogs The Gossips as a woodblock print; ink and color on paper by Suzuki Harunobu. The museum dates it ca. 1767; it sits in the Asian Art department as accession JP868. Its flat colour areas and strong outlines hold up from across a room, which is the whole point of the woodblock tradition. The Met's scan measures 3,025 × 3,838 pixels, which prints about 10.1 × 12.8 in at 300 dpi and 20.2 × 25.6 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its tall proportions suit a hallway, a narrow wall or the gap beside a door, and the set builder shows how much each standard frame would crop. Its muted earth tones are forgiving: natural wood softens the palette, walnut deepens it and black frames it like a gallery. Woodblock prints were made to be reproduced, so a faithful reprint fits the tradition. Keep the paper tone warm instead of bleaching it to white. Light it from above with a soft warm bulb, hang the centre of the picture near 57 inches, and it will read as intended instead of as decoration.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,025 × 3,838 pixels — 11.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 10.1 × 12.8 in. That is bigger than the woodblock print itself, which measures about 7.2 × 10.2 in — the file holds more detail than you can see standing in front of the original.Woodblock prints were made to be printed again and again — a reproduction is in keeping with the whole point of the thing. Keep the paper tone warm. A printer that bleaches the ground to white-white flattens it into clip art.