The Skeleton and the Rhinoceros
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, engr. Jan Wandelaar, 1747
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 177 dpi, good. Trimmed 6.8% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Albinus wanted the most perfect anatomical figures ever drawn — and his engraver Wandelaar set them against strange, beautiful backgrounds, most famously Clara, a young Indian rhinoceros then the toast of Europe, grazing behind a human skeleton. "On account of the rarity of the beast," Albinus wrote, its form pleased him more than mere ornament. The pairing is absurd and it is magnificent: the most rigorous osteology of its century, standing in a landscape with a celebrity animal. The last great anatomy to dream.
- 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-00938
| 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 266 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.8% |
| 11 x 14 in | 208 | Excellent | Trimmed 9% |
| 12 x 16 in | 190 | Good | Trimmed 4.6% |
| 12 x 18 in | 177 | Good | Trimmed 6.8% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 63 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
- 2,289 x 3,200 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 25, lights 248 of 255; 0.8% clipped light, 0.5% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 304.36
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