Survivors clinging to a broken mast as the fabled ninth wave rises against the sunrise. The most famous Russian seascape ever painted — catastrophe lit like a cathedral.

Maker: Ivan Aivazovsky
Date: 1850
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: State Russian Museum, St Petersburg
Credit: State Russian Museum, St Petersburg · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-02050

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	424	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
18 x 12 in	282	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
24 x 16 in	212	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
30 x 20 in	169	Good	Trimmed 0.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
14 x 11 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
16 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
24 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 16% crop
36 x 24 in	141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
48 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 10% crop
60 x 40 in	84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged