A large Pathé Frères affiche, 161 × 118 cm, for Albert Capellani's 1912 short Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa, written by the young Abel Gance and issued from the Faria atelier. The painting had been stolen from the Louvre in August 1911 and was still missing when this film was released in May 1912; Pathé moved on the story within months. It is one of the earliest clear cases of cinema seizing a live news sensation, and the poster is the evidence of how fast the industry could move. The scale — nearly five feet tall — was meant for a boulevard wall, not a lobby; the drawing is built to read from across a street. A stolen painting, a missing masterpiece, and an industry already learning to chase the headlines.

Maker: Cândido Aragonez de Faria
Date: 1912
Medium of the original: One-sheet poster
Original held by: Wikimedia Commons
Credit: Wikimedia Commons · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00800

As chosen: 16 x 20 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	16 x 20 in
Outside size	17.6 x 21.6 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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	324	Excellent	Trimmed 6.4%
11 x 14 in	236	Excellent	Trimmed 4.7%
12 x 16 in	216	Excellent	Trimmed 0.2%
16 x 20 in	162	Good	Trimmed 6.4%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
18 x 24 in	144 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 30 in	108 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
30 x 40 in	86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop

Scanned: 2026-10-07
Master file: 2,599 x 3,471 px, srgb
Tone: Darks 50, lights 220 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
Colour: 0% vivid
Sharpness: 136.05