Albinus chose his cadaver for its nearness to the proportions of classical statuary, and posed it with a dignity worthy of an antique god — a guardian figure standing against a poetic, painterly ground. To guarantee the drawing he had Wandelaar work through a grid of nets stretched at fixed distances, a labour so exacting the two men spent years on a handful of plates. The Enlightenment's ideal of the human body, rendered with obsessive care.

Maker: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar
Date: 1747
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Published Leiden, 1747 · Wellcome Collection
Credit: Published Leiden, 1747 · Wellcome Collection
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00939

As chosen: 12 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	12 x 18 in
Outside size	13.6 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
8 x 10 in	290	Excellent	Trimmed 9.2%
8 x 12 in	266	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
11 x 14 in	211	Excellent	Trimmed 7.5%
12 x 16 in	193	Good	Trimmed 3.1%
12 x 18 in	177	Good	Trimmed 8.2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
16 x 20 in	145 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	129 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,325 x 3,200 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 39, lights 223 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 264.13