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Pieter Bruegel the Elder
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10 public-domain works by the Netherlandish artist (1525–1569), every one a free CC0 file from The Met's open-access collection — 8 prints, 1 painting, 1 work on paper.

10 works · $0.00 eachBiggest file: 11.1 MP

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Each card shows the largest print the Met's file makes at 300 dpi without cropping — that's the sharpness you'd want for something you'll stand close to. The biggest file in this set isFour-master and Two Three-masters Anchored near a Fortified Island, from "The Sailing Vessels", at 3,811 × 2,918 pixels: enough for a 12.7 × 9.7 in print at 300 dpi, or 25.4 × 19.5 in at poster sharpness.

The Met flags one of these as a collection highlight: The Harvesters.

Every page has a size chart against standard frames, the museum record, and the frame and light that make a print look like it cost more than it did. The file itself is free. It always was.