Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus

Gerard David (Netherlandish, 1455–1523)

Date: ca. 1510
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Size: 34½ × 12 in (87.9 × 30.2 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 1975.1.119A-B. See the museum’s record
Credit: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0).

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Where Print size

Print: 24 × 36 in, filling the paper (trims 3.2 % of the picture)
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

24 × 36 in portrait print (61 × 91 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Standard paper sizes that keep this painting’s proportions, the frames that fit them, and how sharp each one prints.

Paper	Filling the paper	Printed whole	Frame	Frame with a 2 in mat	Frame with a 3 in mat	Sharpness
5 × 7 in	trims 3.5 %	4¾ × 7 in	5 × 7 in ready-made	9 × 11 in custom	11 × 13 in custom	513 dpi, crisp up close
20 × 30 in	trims 3.2 %	20 × 29 in	20 × 30 in ready-made	24 × 34 in custom	26 × 36 in custom	124 dpi, soft up close
24 × 36 in	trims 3.2 %	24 × 34¾ in	24 × 36 in ready-made	28 × 40 in custom	30 × 42 in custom	103 dpi, soft up close

Sharpness is worked out from the largest file the museum offers. Above 300 dpi a print holds up at arm’s length; 150 dpi is plenty for a picture seen from across a sofa.

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Free for any use, including commercial: this image is public domain (CC0).

Thumbnail (WebP) 386 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 430 × 624 px from The Met
Print and original file 2,565 × 3,722 px from The Met
The museum’s record of this painting The Met

Public domain image courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Open Access, CC0). You may print, share, change and sell it without asking. Read what that means on our image license page, and how to get a good result in how to print a public-domain painting.