Kitchen Scene
Diego Velázquez (1599 to 1660), 1618–20
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 35% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
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- Diego Velázquez (1599 to 1660)
- Date
- 1618–20
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- The Art Institute of Chicago
- Credit
- The Art Institute of Chicago · open access
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02508
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 |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 35% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 34% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 31% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 35% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 31% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 35% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 31% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 31% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 3,000 x 1,552 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 24, lights 75 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 3.02
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (24 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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