What is the largest sharp print size for Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head?

At 300 dpi, this 3,135 × 3,707 px file prints up to 10.5 × 12.4 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 20.9 × 24.7 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head?

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.

Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Co… — Alfred Sisley | Free high-res download

Q: Does printing Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head 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.

Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head

Alfred Sisley · 1895–97 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,135 × 3,707 px · 11.6 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to10.5 × 12.4 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 20.9 × 24.7 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
8 × 10 in	370	Gallery sharp	5%
11 × 14 in	264	Sharp up close	7%
12 × 16 in	231	Sharp up close	11%
16 × 20 in	185	Poster sharp	5%
18 × 24 in	154	Poster sharp	11%
24 × 36 in	102	Fine across a room	21%
30 × 40 in	92	Too soft	11%

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

Three Sketches-Two Geese Walking; Peasant Woman with a Cow; Goose Hiding its Head is a work on paper by Alfred Sisley (British, Paris 1839–1899 Moret-sur-Loing), dated 1895–97. Three separate sheets of varying sizes, with the same mediums and supports: graphite and colored crayon on buff wove paper, darkened. Size on the museum record: 2 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (7 x 13 cm); 2 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 cm); 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (6 x 7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Robert Lehman Collection collection — Robert Lehman Collection, 1975.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,135 × 3,707 pixels — 11.6 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 10.5 × 12.4 in. That is bigger than the work on paper itself, which measures about 5.1 × 2.8 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: Alfred Sisley
Date: 1895–97
Medium: Three separate sheets of varying sizes, with the same mediums and supports: graphite and colored crayon on buff wove paper, darkened
Size: 2 3/4 x 5 1/8 in. (7 x 13 cm); 2 7/16 x 2 3/16 in. (6.2 x 5.5 cm); 2 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (6 x 7 cm)
Museum: The Met · Robert Lehman Collection
Accession: 1975.1.727
License: Public domain · CC0 1.0
Source: Museum record ↗

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