The Milkmaid

Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675)

Date: c. 1660
Medium: oil on canvas
Size: 18 × 16¼ in (45.5 × 41 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-2344. 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: 21½ × 24 in, the whole painting on 24 × 24 in paper
Center: 58 in (147 cm) above the stair line

21½ × 24 in portrait print (55 × 61 cm), centered 58 in above the stair line. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

No standard paper matches this painting’s proportions closely, so print it whole with a white border, or trim the edges to fill the paper.

Paper	Filling the paper	Printed whole	Frame	Frame with a 2 in mat	Frame with a 3 in mat	Sharpness
8 × 10 in	trims 11.2 %	8 × 9 in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	581 dpi, crisp up close
12 × 12 in	trims 9.9 %	10¾ × 12 in	12 × 12 in ready-made	16 × 16 in ready-made	18 × 18 in custom	430 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 16 in	trims 9.9 %	14½ × 16 in	16 × 16 in ready-made	20 × 20 in ready-made	22 × 22 in custom	322 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in	trims 11.2 %	16 × 17¾ in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	290 dpi, crisp from a step back
20 × 20 in	trims 9.9 %	18 × 20 in	20 × 20 in ready-made	24 × 24 in ready-made	26 × 26 in custom	258 dpi, crisp from a step back
24 × 24 in	trims 9.9 %	21½ × 24 in	24 × 24 in ready-made	28 × 28 in custom	30 × 30 in custom	215 dpi, crisp from a step back

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) 503 × 560 px from Room Paintings
Web image 757 × 843 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 1,796 × 2,000 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 4,649 × 5,177 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.