The Seven Planets
Engraver unknown, c. 1530
$123
Print check at 11 x 14 in: 185 dpi, good. Trimmed 8.3% 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 seven planets ride across the sheet as classical gods in their chariots — Saturn with his scythe, Jupiter enthroned, Mars in armour, the Sun and Moon, Venus, and quicksilver Mercury — each drawn by the beasts sacred to it. Engravings of the 'seven planets' were a staple of the sixteenth century, decorative and instructive at once, fixing the old order of the heavens in a single row of gods. Below each figure, often, ran the signs and metals and temperaments in his charge. It is cosmology as pageant: the sky's governors on parade, a picture that let a viewer hold the whole planetary system in the eye at once.
- Maker
- Engraver unknown
- Date
- c. 1530
- Medium of the original
- Engraving
- Original held by
- Engraving, 16th c. · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Engraving, 16th c. · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00463
| Picture | 11 x 14 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 12.6 x 15.6 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 | 260 | Excellent | Trimmed 6.6% |
| 11 x 14 in | 185 | Good | Trimmed 8.3% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 130 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 86 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 22% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,227 x 2,600 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 0, lights 220 of 255; 0% clipped light, 9.8% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 9.21
- Notes
- Shadows clip on 10% of the image: the darkest areas print as solid black
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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