What is the largest sharp print size for The Lake of Zug?

At 300 dpi, this 3,960 × 2,579 px file prints up to 13.2 × 8.6 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 26.4 × 17.2 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

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

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 Lake of Zug require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 19% 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 Lake of Zug — J. M. W. Turner | Free high-res download

The Lake of Zug

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,960 × 2,579 px · 10.2 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to13.2 × 8.6 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 26.4 × 17.2 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	322	Gallery sharp	19%
14 × 11 in	234	Sharp up close	17%
16 × 12 in	214	Sharp up close	13%
20 × 16 in	161	Poster sharp	19%
24 × 18 in	143	Fine across a room	13%
36 × 24 in	107	Fine across a room	2%
40 × 30 in	85	Too soft	13%

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 Lake of Zug is a work on paper by Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, London 1775–1851 London), dated 1843. Watercolor and bodycolor (gouache) with reductive techniques over graphite. Size on the museum record: 11 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (29.8 × 46.6 cm) Framed: 21 × 27 in. (53.3 × 68.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Drawings and Prints collection — Marquand Fund, 1959.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,960 × 2,579 pixels — 10.2 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 13.2 × 8.6 in. The work on paper itself measures about 18.3 × 11.7 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: Joseph Mallord William Turner
Date: 1843
Medium: Watercolor and bodycolor (gouache) with reductive techniques over graphite
Size: 11 3/4 × 18 3/8 in. (29.8 × 46.6 cm) Framed: 21 × 27 in. (53.3 × 68.6 cm)
Museum: The Met · Drawings and Prints
Accession: 59.120
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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