What is the largest sharp print size for Young Woman Riding a Phoenix?

At 300 dpi, this 3,815 × 2,745 px file prints up to 12.7 × 9.2 in with gallery-sharp detail. At 150 dpi the file reaches 25.4 × 18.3 in, which is poster-sharp quality.

Which standard frame sizes give gallery-sharp prints of Young Woman Riding a Phoenix?

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, 24 × 18 in.

Does printing Young Woman Riding a Phoenix require cropping the image?

Standard frame aspect ratios may not match this artwork exactly; depending on the size chosen, up to 10% of the image could be cropped. Most print-on-demand services let you adjust the crop position or add a white mat border instead.

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix — Suzuki Harunobu | Free high-res download

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix

Suzuki Harunobu · 1766 · The Met, New York

Public domain · CC0 · $0.003,815 × 2,745 px · 10.5 MP

Prints gallery-sharp up to12.7 × 9.2 inat 300 dpi, uncropped · poster-sharp to 25.4 × 18.3 in at 150 dpi

The download is the Met's own open-access file, served by the Met. Big file — give it a minute.

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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
10 × 8 in	343	Gallery sharp	10%
14 × 11 in	249	Sharp up close	8%
16 × 12 in	228	Sharp up close	4%
20 × 16 in	171	Poster sharp	10%
24 × 18 in	152	Poster sharp	4%
36 × 24 in	105	Fine across a room	7%
40 × 30 in	91	Too soft	4%

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

Young Woman Riding a Phoenix is a woodblock print by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1725–1770), dated 1766. Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper. Size on the museum record: Horizontal chūban; Image: 7 15/16 × 11 1/8 in. (20.2 × 28.3 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art holds it in its Asian Art collection — The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936.

The Met catalogs Young Woman Riding a Phoenix as a woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper by Suzuki Harunobu. The museum dates it 1766 (accession JP2436, Asian Art). The subject is a person, so the face is the anchor. Hang it with the eyes near the centre line instead of floating high on the wall. The Met's scan measures 3,815 × 2,745 pixels, which prints about 12.7 × 9.2 in at 300 dpi and 25.4 × 18.3 in at a still-comfortable 150 dpi. Its wide proportions sit naturally over a sofa, console or bed, and the crop figures in the set builder show what a standard frame would trim. Its golden tones pair naturally with a gold or walnut frame, or go black for a sharper, more modern contrast. 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. A warm picture light a few inches above the frame does more for a print than any paper upgrade, and the hanging centre line belongs near 57 inches.

The Met released its scan under CC0, which means no permission, no fee and no credit line required. That file is 3,815 × 2,745 pixels — 10.5 megapixels — good for a gallery-sharp print up to 12.7 × 9.2 in. That is bigger than the woodblock print itself, which measures about 11.1 × 8 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.