Archangel Josiel
Andean colonial school (anonymous), 17th–18th century
$90
Print check at 8 x 12 in: 173 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.6% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Josiel hung in the church of San Francisco de Paula in Uquía, a small town in the Quebrada de Humahuaca — the high Andean corridor connecting Bolivia's silver country to what is now northern Argentina. Uquía's church holds one of the most complete surviving angel-militia sets anywhere: a full wall of named, uniformed archangels, arquebuses raised, guarding the nave together. That completeness matters — most angel-militia paintings survive as scattered singles, sold off individually over the centuries. Uquía's set shows the form the way it was actually meant to be seen: not one noble angel, but a company of them, heaven organized like a viceregal army. This is the frontier of the Cusco School's reach — the same visual language, transplanted a thousand miles south along the Andes.
- Maker
- Andean colonial school (anonymous)
- Date
- 17th–18th century
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Church of San Francisco de Paula, Uquía, Argentina — via ARCA
- Credit
- Church of San Francisco de Paula, Uquía, Argentina — via ARCA
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00137
| Picture | 8 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 9.6 x 13.6 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 | 173 | Good | Trimmed 5.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 115 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 34 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,384 x 2,200 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 1, lights 221 of 255; 0.1% clipped light, 6.2% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 55.76
- Notes
- Shadows clip on 6% of the image: the darkest areas print as solid black
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