Emperor Charles V with a Dog
Titian, 1533
No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 30% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.
See pieces like it you can buyThe Holy Roman Emperor stands in cloth of silver while a big hound leans into him, and he holds its collar like a second scepter. The painting that founded the grand tradition of the ruler-with-dog portrait, copied by courts for three centuries.
- Maker
- Titian
- Date
- 1533
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- Museo del Prado, Madrid
- Credit
- Museo del Prado, Madrid · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-01864
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 30% crop |
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 11 x 14 in | Wrong shape: a 29% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 30% crop |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 36 x 48 in | Wrong shape: a 25% crop |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 16% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,075 x 1,920 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 32, lights 196 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 17.98
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