Regelementen van Kolf (The Rules of Kolf)
anonymous Dutch printer, 18th century
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 130 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyAn eighteenth-century Dutch sheet setting out the regulations of kolf. The house’s rules collection begins here rather than with Crombie: this is the written game, a century before the Victorians made a comedy of it. It is a printed broadside, meant to be pinned up where the game was played and pointed at during disputes. The rulebook has always been a weapon as much as a guide.
- Maker
- anonymous Dutch printer
- Date
- 18th century
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Credit
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00040
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.
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 130 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 65 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 43 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,125 x 1,300 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 208, lights 229 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 0.48
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (7 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
- Soft fine detail at full resolution: smaller sizes print crisper
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