Thomas Aquinas — the medieval Dominican theologian whose writing shaped centuries of Catholic doctrine — was adopted as protector of the Royal and Pontifical University of San Ignacio de Loyola in Cusco, one of the colonial Andes' major seats of learning. This portrait ties the tradition's devotional painting directly to civic and institutional identity, not just parish or household worship. Painted with the same formal, iconic frontality the workshops gave their saint portraits generally — a reminder that "saint painting" covered everything from private devotional objects to institutional emblems of authority.

Maker: Cusco School (anonymous)
Date: c. 1690
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-00172

As chosen: 18 x 24 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	360	Excellent	Trimmed 9.8%
8 x 12 in	333	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
11 x 14 in	262	Excellent	Trimmed 8.2%
12 x 16 in	240	Excellent	Trimmed 3.8%
12 x 18 in	222	Excellent	Trimmed 7.6%
16 x 20 in	180	Good	Trimmed 9.8%
16 x 24 in	166	Good	Trimmed 7.6%
18 x 24 in	160	Good	Trimmed 3.8%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
20 x 30 in	133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	120 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	111 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged