Amsterdam's harbor water from the mussel pier — shipping, chop, and city business conducted at the tideline. The IJ was the richest anchorage in Europe, and Bakhuizen painted it as a working portrait, not a postcard.

Maker: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Date: 1673
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (public domain)
Credit: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (public domain) · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02041

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 18 in
Outside size	25.6 x 19.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
12 x 8 in	531	Excellent	Trimmed 5.8%
14 x 11 in	410	Excellent	Trimmed 9.9%
16 x 12 in	376	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
18 x 12 in	354	Excellent	Trimmed 5.8%
24 x 16 in	265	Excellent	Trimmed 5.8%
24 x 18 in	250	Excellent	Trimmed 5.6%
30 x 20 in	212	Excellent	Trimmed 5.8%
36 x 24 in	177	Good	Trimmed 5.8%
40 x 30 in	150	Good	Trimmed 5.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
48 x 36 in	125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 6,378 x 4,514 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 17, lights 173 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 11.07