Bacchus and Ariadne
Titian, 1520–23
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 12% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe god leaping from the chariot, the sky Titian bought with the most expensive blue on earth — wine’s own myth at full court dress. Painted for a duke’s private chamber: wine, power, and desire in one canvas, which is the whole history of the category in one sentence. The crown of stars above Ariadne — the promise already made. The vine has always kept royal company.
- Maker
- Titian
- Date
- 1520–23
- Medium of the original
- Painting
- Original held by
- National Gallery, London
- Credit
- National Gallery, London · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Cleared for print
- Catalogue number
- PA-00485
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 |
|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 14 x 11 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 20 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 24 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 48 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 17% crop |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 26% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 4,670 x 4,226 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 31, lights 168 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 19.3
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