The Zodiac Man
The Limbourg brothers, c. 1416
$123
Print check at 11 x 14 in: 152 dpi, good. Trimmed 2% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $24.80 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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A nude figure stands within an almond of light, the twelve signs of the zodiac ranged over his body — Aries at the head, Pisces at the feet — each ruling the part it touches. This 'Anatomical Man' closes the calendar pages of the Très Riches Heures, the dazzling book of hours the Limbourg brothers painted for the Duc de Berry around 1416. It is the finest surviving image of a very old idea: that the human body is a small sky, governed limb by limb by the stars above. Painted in lapis and gold, it belongs to medicine as much as to art — the map a physician once consulted before he acted.
- Maker
- The Limbourg brothers
- Date
- c. 1416
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Musée Condé, Chantilly (MS 65) · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Credit
- Musée Condé, Chantilly (MS 65) · scan: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00459
| 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.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 209 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.8% |
| 11 x 14 in | 152 | Good | Trimmed 2% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 12 x 16 in | 136 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 16 x 20 in | 104 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 90 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 69 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 54 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 45 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 13% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 1,677 x 2,179 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 52, lights 221 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 2.92
- Notes
- 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.
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