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September — The Grape Harvest

Name: September — The Grape Harvest
Brand: Rex Vinorum
SKU: PA-00494

The Limbourg Brothers, 15th c.

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, Wrong shape: a 25% crop. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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The vintage beneath the white château — the most beautiful calendar page ever painted, at harvest. The duke’s book of hours made farm work into court art; the grapes got the palace backdrop. The workers bent among the rows while the towers watch — six centuries of the industry in one frame. The year turns on the harvest. It always did.

Maker: The Limbourg Brothers
Date: 15th c.
Medium of the original: Painting
Original held by: Musée Condé, Chantilly
Credit: Musée Condé, Chantilly · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Cleared for print
Catalogue number: PA-00494

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Size	Why
8 x 10 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
8 x 12 in	144 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
11 x 14 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
12 x 18 in	96 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 20 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
16 x 24 in	72 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
20 x 30 in	57 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 25% crop
24 x 36 in	48 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 20% crop
40 x 60 in	28 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged