Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt (1606 to 1669), 1653
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 16% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
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- Rembrandt (1606 to 1669)
- Date
- 1653
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art · open access
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02453
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,792 x 4,000 px, srgb, sRGB.icc
- Tone
- Darks 4, lights 51 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 15.75
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (20 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
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