Hans Bol’s 1589 view of the frozen Amstel, the townspeople out on the ice with skates and clubs. The earliest dated work the house holds: proof the winter game was ordinary long before anyone wrote a rule for it. Amsterdam’s skyline behind — this is a city scene, not a country pastime. Four hundred years ago, the ice was the course.

Maker: Hans Bol
Date: 1589
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00018

As chosen: 24 x 16 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	24 x 16 in
Outside size	25.6 x 17.6 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	315	Excellent	Trimmed 4.8%
16 x 12 in	220	Excellent	Trimmed 6.6%
18 x 12 in	209	Excellent	Trimmed 4.8%
24 x 16 in	157	Good	Trimmed 4.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 18 in	147 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	126 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
36 x 24 in	104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

3,780 x 2,648 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 132, lights 219 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

3.55

Notes

Narrow tonal range (32 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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