The Scales — the only sign of the zodiac that is an object rather than a living thing — held aloft as the balance of justice, once the claws of the neighbouring Scorpion before antiquity set them apart. Here the Sun crossed at the autumn equinox, when day and night hang in perfect balance. (For those born about September 23 – October 22.)

Maker: Johann Bayer
Date: 1603
Medium of the original: Plate
Original held by: e-rara.ch, Swiss rare-book libraries · via Wikimedia Commons
Credit: e-rara.ch, Swiss rare-book libraries · via Wikimedia Commons
Rights: Public domain, verified
Catalogue number: PA-00960

As chosen: 24 x 18 in, art print, classic frame
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.

How the print check works

Sizes offered
Size	dpi	Grade	How it fits
10 x 8 in	345	Excellent	Trimmed 9.5%
12 x 8 in	318	Excellent	Trimmed 7.9%
14 x 11 in	251	Excellent	Trimmed 7.9%
16 x 12 in	230	Excellent	Trimmed 3.5%
18 x 12 in	212	Excellent	Trimmed 7.9%
20 x 16 in	172	Good	Trimmed 9.5%
24 x 16 in	159	Good	Trimmed 7.9%
24 x 18 in	153	Good	Trimmed 3.5%

Sizes withheld
Size	Why
30 x 20 in	127 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
30 x 24 in	115 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
36 x 24 in	106 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
40 x 30 in	92 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
48 x 36 in	76 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged
60 x 40 in	63 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged

Scanned

2026-10-07

Master file

3,822 x 2,766 px, srgb

Tone

Darks 144, lights 217 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark

Colour

0% vivid

Sharpness

80.14

Notes

Narrow tonal range (27 L*): prints soft and even, as the original reads
Neutrals lean warm (yellow): the paper and varnish of the original, kept as scanned

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