The Eustachian Plates
Bartolomeo Eustachi, published 1714
$150
Print check at 12 x 18 in: 167 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.9% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Eustachi engraved anatomical plates of astonishing accuracy in the 1550s — then hid them. They lay lost for over 150 years before finally being published in 1714, revealing a precision that rivalled the work of his supposed betters and a method — measuring scales ruled down the margins, so any detail could be located exactly — that nobody else had thought to use. Had they appeared in his lifetime, the history of anatomy might read differently. A quiet masterpiece, restored to the light two centuries late.
- Maker
- Bartolomeo Eustachi
- Date
- published 1714
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Published Rome, 1714 · Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Published Rome, 1714 · Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00947
| Picture | 12 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 19.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | 250 | Excellent | Trimmed 5.9% |
| 11 x 14 in | 193 | Good | Trimmed 9.9% |
| 12 x 16 in | 177 | Good | Trimmed 5.6% |
| 12 x 18 in | 167 | Good | Trimmed 5.9% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 125 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 118 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 11% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 83 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 71 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 59 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,130 x 3,008 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 55, lights 255 of 255; 75.3% clipped light, 1.6% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 63.12
- Notes
- Pure white on 75% of the image, mostly the sheet itself: it prints as the paper's white
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