Pygmalion and Galatea
Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 to 1904), c. 1890
$270
Print check at 18 x 24 in: 241 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 3.8% 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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Gérôme catches the myth at its exact hinge: the sculptor reaches up to kiss the statue he has fallen in love with, and Venus is granting the wish as we watch — Galatea is warm, living flesh from the head down to the hips, and still cold white ivory below. She bends to him; her hand is in his hair. Cupid hovers at the left, arrow drawn. The studio around them is Gérôme’s own, hung with masks and armour, which makes the miracle domestic. The most literal painting ever made about what artists secretly want: for the thing they made to come alive.
- Maker
- Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 to 1904)
- Date
- c. 1890
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
- Credit
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00629
| Picture | 18 x 24 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 19.6 x 25.6 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 10 in | 564 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.6% |
| 11 x 14 in | 410 | Excellent | Trimmed 0.8% |
| 12 x 16 in | 362 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.8% |
| 16 x 20 in | 282 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.6% |
| 18 x 24 in | 241 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.8% |
| 24 x 30 in | 188 | Good | Trimmed 2.6% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 144 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 4,518 x 5,796 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 24, lights 140 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 4.29
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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