Hermann von Wedigh III (died 1560)

Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543)

Date: 1532
Medium: Oil and gold on oak
Size: 16½ × 12¾ in (42.2 × 32.4 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession 50.135.4. See the museum’s record
Credit: Bequest of Edward S. Harkness, 1940

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

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Where Print size

Print: 18 × 24 in, filling the paper (trims 2.3 % 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 4 %	7¾ × 10 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	366 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 2.3 %	10¾ × 14 in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	266 dpi, crisp from a step back
12 × 16 in	trims 2.3 %	12 × 15½ in	12 × 16 in ready-made	16 × 20 in ready-made	18 × 22 in custom	238 dpi, crisp from a step back
16 × 20 in	trims 4 %	15½ × 20 in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	183 dpi, crisp from a step back
18 × 24 in	trims 2.3 %	18 × 23½ in	18 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 28 in ready-made	24 × 30 in ready-made	158 dpi, crisp from a step back
30 × 40 in	trims 2.3 %	30 × 39 in	30 × 40 in ready-made	34 × 44 in custom	36 × 46 in custom	95 dpi, soft up close
36 × 48 in	trims 2.3 %	36 × 47 in	36 × 48 in ready-made	40 × 52 in custom	42 × 54 in custom	79 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) 430 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 480 × 625 px from The Met
Print and original file 2,929 × 3,813 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.