This is the record for the sheet you bought: which original it comes from, how it was digitised, what we did to the file, and what we are allowed to sell. Nothing here is marketing. It is the paperwork — and on this sheet the paperwork is thinner than usual, which is itself the point of the record.
The sheet you have
- Work
- Attributed to Félix Thiollier (1842–1914), Lady and Her Horse on a Snowy Day, dated 1899
- Object
- Photograph, gelatin silver or similar, square format, warm grey
- Held by
- Private collection — no institution, no inventory number
- Original size
- Unknown. The negative is lost and no dimension has ever been published
- File
- 2880 × 2880 px, JPEG, 6.22 MB
- Printed at
- 305 dpi at 30 × 30 cm
Which impression, and why this one
Everything about this picture is uncertain except the picture. The attribution to Félix Thiollier is traditional, not documented. In March 2025 we put the question to the Collections service of the Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole, which holds the Thiollier estate material; they could not confirm it from their records. The title and the year 1899 travel with the image from hand to hand. Neither has a museum source.
We could dress that up. We would rather write it down. If the attribution is right, this is a late Thiollier; if it is wrong, it is an anonymous French photograph of about 1899 by someone who understood snow. It is a good photograph either way, and you should know which of those you are hanging.
There is no better file. No institution holds the photograph, the negative is lost, and the surviving print is in private hands. A second file circulates at 4320 × 4320 px — we measured it and did not use it: it is an upscaled and retouched version of the same 2880 px image. More pixels, less information.
What we measured
2880 px carry a printed image of at most 24.38 cm at 300 dpi. Our 30 × 30 cm sheet prints the image at 24 cm, which is 305 dpi. A 50 × 50 cm sheet was on sale and was withdrawn on 31 August 2026: its image would have printed at 174 dpi, well under our 300 dpi floor. We do not upscale to fill a bigger frame.
Because the original's dimensions are unknown, there is no 1:1 variant and no honest scale factor. The size follows what the reproduction supports, and the product page says so.
What we are allowed to sell
The original. If the picture is by Thiollier, who died in 1914, it has been free in Switzerland, the EU and the UK since 1985. If the attribution is wrong, it is an anonymous photograph of about 1899 whose term expired long ago. Made and published before 1930, so public domain in the US as well. Either way: clear.
The reproduction. A faithful reproduction of a flat public-domain photograph creates no new right in Switzerland or the EU (DSM Directive Art. 14) or in the US (Bridgeman).
People in the picture. No personality rights: the figures are seen from behind and unidentifiable, and the subjects have been dead for a century.
The weakness, stated plainly. There is no source institution behind this file. It is the best reproduction we could trace, from a private collection. Our other sheets can name an accession number; this one cannot.
Rights checked 31 August 2026.
Framing this sheet
- 30 × 30 cm
- Image 24.00 × 24.00 cm. Margins 3.00 cm sides / 2.79 cm top / 3.21 cm bottom
- Orientation
- Square. One format only
- Frame
- A standard 30 × 30 cm frame takes the sheet as printed, no trimming. Nearest imperial size: 12 × 12 in
- Passepartout
- Optional. The printed border already gives the sheet air. If you want a mount as well, go one frame size up rather than cutting into the border
- Glazing
- The picture is nearly all high values — anti-reflective glass stops the whites from turning into a mirror
Measure your frame before you order. Frame sizes vary between makers, and some frames have a rebate that swallows several millimetres on each side. We give the exact printed dimensions above so you can check; we cannot take responsibility for a frame that turns out not to fit.
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