The City Wall of Haarlem in the Winter

Nicolaes Pietersz Berchem (Dutch, 1620–1683)

Date: 1647
Medium: oil on panel
Size: 15½ × 19 in (39.5 × 48.5 cm)
Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, accession SK-A-27. See the museum’s record

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

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Where Print size

Print: 16 × 20 in, filling the paper (trims 1.8 % of the picture)
Center: 47¼ in (120 cm) from the floor
Above the console table: 8 in (20 cm) from the console table to the frame
Ideal width: 36 to 41 in over a 54 in console table
Why this height: Centered at eye level, this frame would not sit 6 to 10 in above the console table, so the 8 in gap sets the height.

16 × 20 in landscape print (41 × 51 cm), centered 47¼ in from the floor, 8 in above the console table. Drawn to scale on a 12 × 8 ft wall.

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Print it

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 1.8 %	8 × 9¾ in	8 × 10 in ready-made	12 × 14 in custom	14 × 16 in custom	552 dpi, crisp up close
11 × 14 in	trims 3.5 %	11 × 13½ in	11 × 14 in ready-made	15 × 18 in custom	17 × 20 in custom	402 dpi, crisp up close
16 × 20 in	trims 1.8 %	16 × 19½ in	16 × 20 in ready-made	20 × 24 in ready-made	22 × 26 in custom	276 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) 560 × 439 px from Room Paintings
Web image 843 × 661 px from Rijksmuseum
Print file 2,000 × 1,569 px from Rijksmuseum
Original file 5,637 × 4,423 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.