Archangel Raphael
Cusco School (anonymous), 18th century
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 187 dpi, good. Trimmed 3.1% 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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Raphael — the archangel of healing, best known from the apocryphal Book of Tobit as a traveling companion and protector — is one of the four canonical archangels most colonial workshops painted repeatedly, often outside the strict militia format entirely. This canvas keeps him inside it: the plumed hat and formal dress of his invented siblings, an identity built more from costume convention than from any specific attribute of his own legend. It is a useful reminder that "arquebusier angel" was less a fixed subject than a production system — any named angel, scriptural or invented, could be run through the same workshop template.
- Maker
- Cusco School (anonymous)
- Date
- 18th century
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Dorotheum auction record, Vienna
- Credit
- Via Wikimedia Commons (public domain); illustrated in a Dorotheum auction record, Vienna
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00141
| 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 | 281 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.1% |
| 12 x 16 in | 193 | Good | Trimmed 8.3% |
| 12 x 18 in | 187 | Good | Trimmed 3.1% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 140 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 129 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 112 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 93 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 | 56 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,323 x 3,377 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 33, lights 173 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 74.63
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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