The Banana
Maria Sibylla Merian, 1705
$191
Print check at 16 x 20 in: 159 dpi, good. Trimmed 9% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Maria Sibylla Merian sailed to the jungles of Suriname at fifty-two to study how caterpillars become butterflies — and painted each insect *with the very plant it feeds on*, a way of seeing no one had tried before. Art, science, and daring in a single plate. A founding work of ecology, and ravishing. She financed the voyage herself, by selling her own paintings.
- Maker
- Maria Sibylla Merian
- Date
- 1705
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01003
| 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 318 | Excellent | Trimmed 9% |
| 8 x 12 in | 291 | Excellent | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 11 x 14 in | 231 | Excellent | Trimmed 7.4% |
| 12 x 16 in | 212 | Excellent | Trimmed 3% |
| 12 x 18 in | 194 | Good | Trimmed 8.4% |
| 16 x 20 in | 159 | Good | Trimmed 9% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 16 x 24 in | 145 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 18 x 24 in | 141 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | 116 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 30 in | 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | 97 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 30 x 40 in | 84 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 70 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | 58 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,547 x 3,500 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 61, lights 240 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0.2% vivid
- Sharpness
- 123.22
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