Angel Arcabucero
Andean school (anonymous), 19th century
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 154 dpi, good. Trimmed 3.7% 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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Most arquebusier angels in this collection date to the 17th or 18th century, the genre's classic period — this canvas is later, an Andean 19th-century continuation of the same courtier-and-musket format decades after the viceroyalty itself had ended. That persistence is its own kind of evidence: the angel-militia image had become a durable regional genre in its own right, independent of the colonial administration that originally gave it context. The costume details soften slightly with time, but the core grammar — plume, lace, gun at rest — holds almost unchanged.
- Maker
- Andean school (anonymous)
- Date
- 19th century
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Christie's Latin American Art online auction record
- Credit
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Christie's Latin American Art online auction record
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00143
| 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 | 232 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.7% |
| 12 x 16 in | 160 | Good | Trimmed 7.7% |
| 12 x 18 in | 154 | Good | Trimmed 3.7% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 107 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,927 x 2,784 px, srgb, GIMP built-in sRGB
- Tone
- Darks 16, lights 141 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 53.37
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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