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Infante Felipe Próspero

Name: Infante Felipe Próspero
Brand: Best in Show
SKU: PA-01867

Diego Velázquez, 1659

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No print size passed the check for this piece: at 8 x 10 in, 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged. We would rather show it than sell a soft print.

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A frail two-year-old prince hung with amulets stands beside a chair occupied, magnificently, by a small white dog. One of Velázquez's last paintings, where the tenderest passage of his whole career is a lapdog's face on velvet.

Maker: Diego Velázquez
Date: 1659
Medium of the original: Oil on canvas
Original held by: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Credit: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-01867

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How the print check works

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 10 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
11 x 14 in	77 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 16 in	69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
16 x 20 in	53 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
18 x 24 in	46 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
24 x 30 in	35 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop
30 x 40 in	27 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 48 in	23 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 13% crop