Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm. As a guide: 30 × 40 cm (about 12 × 16 in) for shelves, corners or gallery walls; 50 × 70 cm (about 20 × 28 in) above a dresser, a headboard or a desk; 70 × 100 cm (about 28 × 39 in) as the centrepiece of a living room or the wall above the sofa. Below the buy buttons you can see it to scale above a 2-metre sofa.
Does it come framed?
The print arrives unframed with a white border, ready to frame. If you choose a black or oak frame, it arrives mounted behind acrylic glazing, ready to hang. Canvases come stretched on a wooden frame.
When will it arrive?
Printed to order at the lab closest to your address. It arrives in 4–8 working days in Spain and the EU, and in 6–12 working days in the US, Mexico and other destinations.
What if it arrives damaged?
Email us a photo within 30 days of delivery and we will send you a new one free of charge or refund you.
Can I send it as a gift?
Yes. At checkout you can write a gift message and ship it to the recipient's name and address. The parcel shows no prices.
About the work
- Artist
- Annibale Carracci
- Date
- 1580
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 185 × 266 cm (versión de Christ Church)
- Collection
- Christ Church Picture Gallery, Oxford (a second version is in the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas)
- Print up to
- 50 × 70 cm
- Reference
- XDV-0243
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Nearly nine feet wide for two butchers hacking meat apart. In 1580s Italy, that scale makes no sense for a private commission — unless the painting itself was the sign. It's thought a butchers' guild may have ordered it to hang as a shop marker, which would explain the almost heroic size given to such ordinary gestures: the knife, the hook, the carcass split open. Carracci paints flesh with the gravity of a court portrait, no satire, no wink. Just craft, displayed like a coat of arms. What if the oversized canvas was the advertisement itself?
Sources (6)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butcher's_Shop
- es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_carnicer%C3%ADa
- museodelprado.es/aprende/enciclopedia/voz/carracci-annibale/c43ec395-b
- museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/art-work/head-of-a-figure/d1cf4b8c-
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_artworks_in_the_Gonzaga_collection
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annibale_Carracci
