
A Calm at a Mediterranean Port
Claude-Joseph Vernet, 1770
$270
Print check at 24 x 18 in: 177 dpi, good. Trimmed 2.9% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Glass water, held breath, the last light on furled canvas; fishermen sort the day's catch below the towers. The calm half of Vernet's famous pairs — the port as theater, lit for the final act.
- Maker
- Claude-Joseph Vernet
- Date
- 1770
- Medium of the original
- Oil on canvas
- Original held by
- J. Paul Getty Museum (open content)
- Credit
- J. Paul Getty Museum (open content) · via Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-02042
| Picture | 24 x 18 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 25.6 x 19.6 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 x 8 in | 410 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.4% |
| 14 x 11 in | 298 | Excellent | Trimmed 1.7% |
| 16 x 12 in | 265 | Excellent | Trimmed 2.9% |
| 20 x 16 in | 205 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.4% |
| 24 x 18 in | 177 | Good | Trimmed 2.9% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 12 x 8 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 18 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 24 x 16 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 20 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 30 x 24 in | 136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
| 40 x 30 in | 106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 48 x 36 in | 88 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 60 x 40 in | Wrong shape: a 14% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 4,255 x 3,287 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 14, lights 163 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 11.96
- Notes
- Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned
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