The most analyzed painting in Western art — and in its front corner, a mastiff dozes through it, ignoring a dwarf's prodding foot. Velázquez put a sleeping dog at the base of his great meditation on looking, the one creature exempt from all the mirrors.

Maker: Diego Velázquez
Date: 1656
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-01868

As chosen: 11 x 14 in, art print, classic frame
Picture	11 x 14 in
Outside size	12.6 x 15.6 in
Depth	0.9 in (22 mm)
Weight	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]]
Hanging	[[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]]
Material	Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing
Made in	Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi

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 offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
8 x 10 in	220	Excellent	Trimmed 7.9%
11 x 14 in	157	Good	Trimmed 9.6%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
8 x 12 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
12 x 16 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
12 x 18 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
16 x 20 in	110 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
16 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
18 x 24 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
20 x 30 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
24 x 30 in	73 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
24 x 36 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop
30 x 40 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
36 x 48 in	Wrong shape: a 14% crop
40 x 60 in	Wrong shape: a 23% crop

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

1,920 x 2,210 px, srgb, Adobe RGB (1998)

Tone

Darks 18, lights 140 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

27.93

Notes

Colour profile Adobe RGB (1998), converted to sRGB for the screen and the print
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

Shipping for this piece to a US address is $24.80, the print room’s own rate, charged per piece. Checkout shows the total before you pay.

Every piece is printed after you order it, in Charlotte, North Carolina, and ships from there. For now we ship to US addresses only.

A piece that arrives damaged, misprinted or in the wrong size is replaced at our cost. The details: shipping and returns and replacements.