The Conjunction
after the 1550 woodcuts, 1550
$90
Print check at 8 x 12 in: 205 dpi, excellent. Trimmed 5.2% 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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A king and a queen meet in a bath, or lie together beneath a shared crown — the coniunctio, the alchemical marriage, and the emotional heart of the Rosarium Philosophorum. The Rosarium, printed in 1550 with a celebrated series of woodcuts, told the whole Great Work as the courtship, union, death, and rebirth of a royal pair, sol and luna made one flesh. The images are frank and tender, and they carried far: Carl Jung would later read the entire sequence as a map of the psyche. Here is one of its central plates — the moment of union, drawn as plainly and strangely as a folk tale.
- Maker
- after the 1550 woodcuts
- Date
- 1550
- Medium of the original
- Woodcut
- Original held by
- Rosarium Philosophorum, Frankfurt, 1550 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Rosarium Philosophorum, Frankfurt, 1550 · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00479
| Picture | 8 x 12 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 9.6 x 13.6 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 | 205 | Excellent | Trimmed 5.2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 20% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | 136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | 102 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | 82 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 21% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | 68 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | 41 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,643 x 2,600 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 65, lights 188 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.31
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.
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