Holy Family with Saint John and a Goldfinch
Cusco School (anonymous), c. 1730
$140
Print check at 12 x 16 in: 150 dpi, good. Trimmed 6.2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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The goldfinch is a small, specific detail with a long European pictorial pedigree: the bird was believed to feed on thorns, making it a folk symbol of Christ's eventual crown of thorns whenever it appears in a Holy Family or infancy scene. Its presence here, alongside the young John the Baptist, ties this Cusco canvas to a much older Mediterranean iconographic tradition, imported wholesale and repainted in an Andean workshop's own hand. A quieter, domestic register — Mary, Joseph, and two children in an ordinary-feeling scene — next to this collection's grander gold-leaf icons and militia angels.
- Maker
- Cusco School (anonymous)
- Date
- c. 1730
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima, via Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- MALI, Museo de Arte de Lima, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00171
| Picture | 12 x 16 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 13.6 x 17.6 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 | 240 | Excellent | Edge to edge |
| 11 x 14 in | 171 | Good | Trimmed 1.7% |
| 12 x 16 in | 150 | Good | Trimmed 6.2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 100 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 60 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 50 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,920 x 2,401 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 35, lights 197 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 29.23
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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