The 23-year-old future scandal of French painting poses against a cliff with his black spaniel, both looking equally pleased with themselves. The first painting Courbet got into the Salon — Realism's founder introduced himself to the art world dog-first.

Maker: Gustave Courbet
Date: 1842
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Petit Palais, Paris
Credit: Petit Palais, Paris · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01872

As chosen: 10 x 8 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	10 x 8 in
Outside size	11.6 x 9.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	192	Good	Trimmed 3.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
14 x 11 in	137 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
20 x 16 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
24 x 18 in	80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
30 x 24 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 30 in	48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	40 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop