Gautier d'Agoty's most famous image, and one of the strangest in all of art: a young woman turns demurely away, her back opened from neck to waist, the flayed muscles falling to either side like the wings of an angel. It was printed in glowing colour by a new four-plate mezzotint process he claimed to have invented — colour printing barely existed, and here it was, spent on this. Grim, reverent, and unforgettable: the point where anatomy becomes the sublime.

Maker: Jacques-Fabien Gautier d’Agoty
Date: 1746
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: Published Paris, 1746 · Wellcome Collection
Credit: Published Paris, 1746 · Wellcome Collection
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00941

As chosen: 16 x 20 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 20 in
Outside size	17.6 x 21.6 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
8 x 10 in	302	Excellent	Trimmed 5.5%
11 x 14 in	220	Excellent	Trimmed 3.7%
12 x 16 in	200	Excellent	Trimmed 0.8%
16 x 20 in	151	Good	Trimmed 5.5%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
18 x 24 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
24 x 30 in	100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop
30 x 40 in	80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 12% crop