Asia
Willem Blaeu, c. 1617
$191
Print check at 20 x 16 in: 450 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 7.1% 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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Asia was the prize — the source of spice, silk, and porcelain that drove the whole age of exploration — and Blaeu maps it richly, its borders lined with views of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Goa and the peoples of the East in their dress. The Spice Islands and a curiously-shaped Japan are drawn fresh from Dutch East India voyages. The most coveted continent, rendered by the greatest workshop of its day. One quarter of the four-continent set.
- Maker
- Willem Blaeu
- Date
- c. 1617
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
- Credit
- National Library of Israel, Eran Laor Cartographic Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00326
| Picture | 20 x 16 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 21.6 x 17.6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 900 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.1% |
| 14 x 11 in | 642 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.7% |
| 20 x 16 in | 450 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.1% |
| 30 x 24 in | 300 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.1% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 23% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 9,000 x 7,749 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 0, lights 235 of 255; 0% clipped light, 7.2% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0.1% vivid
- Sharpness
- 18.17
- Notes
- Shadows clip on 7% of the image: the darkest areas print as solid black
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