Frequently asked questions
Which size should I choose?
This work is available in 30 × 40 cm, 50 × 70 cm, 70 × 100 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
- Date
- 1814
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Altura: 0,91 m; Anchura: 1,62 m
- Collection
- Musée du Louvre, París (departamento de Pinturas)
- Print up to
- 70 × 100 cm
- Reference
- XDV-2457
What the museum label doesn't tell you
Look at that back: it curves as if there were no spine, one unbroken arc running from shoulder to hip. That's not clumsy drawing. Later analysis found Ingres worked in somewhere between two and five extra vertebrae. Critics at the 1819 Salon tore it apart as an anatomical blunder; today it reads as a deliberate choice, bending the real body so the line never breaks. Commissioned by Napoleon's sister, the Queen of Naples, who never actually paid for it once the Empire fell. Can you lie about anatomy and still tell the truth about beauty?
