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Brizo, a Shepherd's Dog

Name: Brizo, a Shepherd's Dog
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01747

Rosa Bonheur, 1864

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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Brizo, a shaggy grey working dog named for the Greek goddess of dreams, looks out from under a magnificent tangle of fringe. The greatest animal painter of the French nineteenth century on a single working dog — proof that Bonheur's monumental honesty scaled down to one face.

Maker: Rosa Bonheur
Date: 1864
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Wallace Collection
Credit: Wallace Collection · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01747

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Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
11 x 14 in	60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	52 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
16 x 20 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
18 x 24 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
24 x 30 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop
30 x 40 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	17 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 19% crop