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Venus of Urbino

Name: Venus of Urbino
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01880

Titian, 1538

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 10 x 8 in, Wrong shape: a 11% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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At the foot of art history's most famous bed, a small spaniel sleeps in a tight curl, emblem of the fidelity the picture promises. Titian's sleeping dog became the standard symbol of marital faithfulness — quoted, centuries later, by Manet as a hissing cat.

Maker: Titian
Date: 1538
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Credit: Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01880

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.

How the print check works

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
10 x 8 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
12 x 8 in	64 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
14 x 11 in	49 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 12 in	45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 12 in	42 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
24 x 16 in	32 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 18 in	30 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 20 in	25 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 11% crop
36 x 24 in	21 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	18 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	15 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	12 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged