A frozen river crowded with skaters, sledges, and kolf players under van der Neer’s famous low winter light. The Met’s canvas is the fully realised version of the scene this house opens with — the old game as one activity among many on a cold, busy afternoon. The kolf players are not the subject. They are simply there, the way golfers are always simply there. The game was social before it was serious.

Maker: Aert van der Neer, oil on canvas
Date: c. 1660
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-00017

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	321	Excellent	Trimmed 1%
18 x 12 in	214	Excellent	Trimmed 1%
24 x 16 in	160	Good	Trimmed 1%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 20 in	128 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 18% crop
36 x 24 in	107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
60 x 40 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged