Vessels driven toward rocks they cannot weather, the sea doing the steering now. Bakhuizen was the storm specialist of the Dutch school; this is the argument, made once, at full volume.

Maker: Ludolf Bakhuizen
Date: 1667
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: National Gallery of Art, Washington (open access)
Credit: National Gallery of Art, Washington (open access) · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02040

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	333	Excellent	Trimmed 2%
16 x 12 in	226	Excellent	Trimmed 9.3%
18 x 12 in	222	Excellent	Trimmed 2%
24 x 16 in	166	Good	Trimmed 2%
24 x 18 in	151	Good	Trimmed 9.3%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
30 x 20 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 15% crop
36 x 24 in	111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	75 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 4,000 x 2,720 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 42, lights 180 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 16.77