The Crucifixion
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598 to 1664), 1627
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 29% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
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- Francisco de Zurbarán (1598 to 1664)
- Date
- 1627
- 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-02511
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 |
|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 28% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 24% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 15% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,701 x 3,000 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 8, lights 85 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 0.77
- Notes
- Narrow tonal range (34 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
- Soft fine detail at full resolution: smaller sizes print crisper
- A plain margin is part of the file (9% of an edge): it prints as part of the picture
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