Portrait of a Huntsman with His Dog
Alexandre-François Desportes, c. 1704
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyA seated huntsman rests his rifle in a landscape while his dog presses close, painted by Louis XIV's hunt painter. Desportes followed the royal hunts with a sketchbook and knew exactly how a man and his dog actually sit together.
- Maker
- Alexandre-François Desportes
- Date
- c. 1704
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Private collection
- Credit
- Private collection · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01871
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 | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | 46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 16 in | 41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 16 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 13 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 512 x 664 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)
- Tone
- Darks 24, lights 146 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 3.72
- Notes
- Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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