Questions

The honest answers, including the ones that argue against us.

These paintings are in the public domain. Why am I paying you?

You are not paying for the painting. You could not, and neither could we — a work by Bellini belongs to everybody, and we say so on every product page.

You are paying for the rest of it: a master file large enough that a 32-inch sheet is still sharp when you stand close, a print on archival cotton rag rather than poster stock, pigment inks that do not shift over a decade on a wall, the colour work, and the choosing. Two hundred and twenty-three works out of a possible many thousands, each checked for provenance, for resolution, and for whether it belongs in a Catholic home.

If you would rather do it yourself, you genuinely can. The source files are on Wikimedia Commons and a local print shop will put one on paper. We think you will find the difference in the object, not in the argument — but the argument is yours to test, and we would rather you heard it from us.

Is the whole painting printed, or is it cropped?

The whole painting, always. When a work's proportions do not match a sheet, the image is fitted inside the sheet with an even margin rather than cropped to fill it. That is why the product page quotes two dimensions: the sheet you receive, and the printed image on it.

Why isn't every work offered in every size?

Because the source has to carry it. Each size is offered only where the master file clears a resolution floor at that size, measured from the file itself. A work whose best available scan is 3,000 pixels wide is not sold at 40×60 in, however much we might like to.

Are these limited editions?

No, and we will not pretend otherwise. Each print carries a numbered record of its making, but there is no artificial cap. Manufacturing scarcity in an infinitely reproducible devotional image would be a way of charging you for a shortage we invented.

Why is the price the same for everyone at a given size?

One price per size, across the whole catalogue. A Fra Angelico and a lesser-known Bellini at 18×24 in cost the same, because the paper, the ink and the labour are the same. Charging more for a famous name would be charging you for recognition rather than for the object.

What is it printed on?

Archival cotton-rag fine-art paper with pigment inks, produced by a professional print house rather than in a garage. Prints are made in or near your own country, which is how worldwide shipping stays free.

Will it fit a standard frame?

The sheet sizes are standard: 8×10, 11×14, 16×20, 18×24, 24×36, 32×48 and 40×60 inches. The printed image inside the sheet may be smaller, with an even margin — which most framers and most ready-made frames treat as a built-in mat.

Do you ship to my country?

See Shipping for the current list. If you are not on it, write to us.

Something arrived damaged.

We replace it and you keep the original. See Returns.