Portrait of Gerard Abrahamsz van der Schalcke (1609-1667)

Gerard ter Borch (Dutch, 1617–1681)

Date: 1644
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 11½ × 9 in (29.5 × 23.1 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-1784. See the museum’s record
Credit: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark).

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Where Print size

Print: 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 4.2 % of the picture)
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

18 × 24 in portrait print (46 × 61 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
8 × 10 in	trims 2.1 %	7¾ × 10 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	589 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 0.3 %	11 × 14 in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	421 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 16 in	trims 4.2 %	12 × 15¼ in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	368 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in	trims 2.1 %	15¾ × 20 in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	294 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 4.2 %	18 × 23 in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	245 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 4.2 %	30 × 38¼ in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	147 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in	trims 4.2 %	36 × 46 in	36 × 48 in ready-made	40 × 52 in custom	42 × 54 in custom	122 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 (Public Domain Mark).

Thumbnail (WebP) 452 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 681 × 843 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 1,615 × 2,000 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 4,760 × 5,895 px from Rijksmuseum
The museum’s record of this painting Rijksmuseum

Public domain image courtesy of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (Public Domain Mark). 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.