The field wheeling before the off — Degas at the rail, painting nerves instead of speed. The racecourse gave modern painting its restlessness; Degas found the drama in the waiting. The shadows run the wrong way for comfort — tension, cast on the turf. The race is decided in the parade ring’s heartbeats.

Maker: Edgar Degas
Date: c. 1866–1868
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Musée d’Orsay, Paris (RF 1981) · scan by Sailko, CC BY 3.0
Credit: Musée d’Orsay, Paris (RF 1981) · scan by Sailko, CC BY 3.0
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00044

As chosen: 16 x 12 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 12 in
Outside size	17.6 x 13.6 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	269	Excellent	Trimmed 4.3%
14 x 11 in	196	Good	Trimmed 2.6%
16 x 12 in	176	Good	Trimmed 2%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
12 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
20 x 16 in	134 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 18 in	117 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 24 in	89 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
40 x 30 in	70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop