“Fountaine de la Sophie” cyanotype print framed on a wall (room mockup)

Close-up of the framed “Fountaine de la Sophie” print, showing the paper and mat

1:1 detail of “Fountaine de la Sophie”, showing the cyanotype texture

“Fountaine de la Sophie”, the full cyanotype print

Size chart: the five file ratios with pixel size and dpi

The original museum image of “Fountaine de la Sophie” beside the Tiraj cyanotype version

Cyanotype · Old Istanbul

Fountain of Ahmed III by Hagia Sophia, Cyanotype

after Ernest de Caranza, c. 1854

Technique: Deep indigo cyanotype
Colour: Deep indigo
Original: “Fountaine de la Sophie, Constantinople”, Ernest de Caranza (French, 1837–1863), c. 1854
Museum: Cleveland Museum of Art ↗

$7.99

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Not AI-generated. Made with Tiraj, our own printmaking simulation, from a public-domain museum image. Every colour and setting was chosen and checked by hand.

Ernest de Caranza's 1850s photograph of the Fountain of Ahmed III beside Hagia Sophia, reprinted as a deep indigo cyanotype on cream paper with brushed edges.

The original

“Fountaine de la Sophie, Constantinople” by Ernest de Caranza (French, 1837–1863), c. 1854, is in the public domain. The image comes from the Cleveland Museum of Art, which shares it under CC0 (no rights reserved).

The print

Tiraj turns the salted paper photograph into a cyanotype, the iron-based sun print of the same decade: a single deep indigo that holds the deep eaves, the domes and the carved niches, with hand-brushed edges and a long exposure.

The paper tone is part of the artwork; print on white matte paper. The cream sheet and the brush edges are printed into the file.

What’s included

5 high-resolution JPEG files (sRGB), one per proportion:

Ratio	Print sizes	Pixels	Resolution
3:2	6×4, 12×8, 18×12, 24×16, 30×20, 36×24 in	10800×7200 px	300 dpi at 36×24
4:3	8×6, 12×9, 16×12, 24×18 in	7200×5400 px	300 dpi at 24×18
5:4	5×4, 10×8, 20×16 in	6000×4800 px	300 dpi at 20×16
14:11	14×11 in	4200×3300 px	300 dpi at 14×11
ISO A	A5, A4, A3, A2, A1	9933×7016 px	300 dpi at A1

All files are 300 dpi at their largest size.

Each file is cropped slightly to fill its proportion; the subject stays whole.

Printing tips

Use heavyweight white matte paper (200 gsm or more, archival matte or cotton rag). Print at 100% / actual size, not 'fit to page', and pick the file that matches your frame. This is a landscape artwork: all files are horizontal.
Colours can vary slightly between screens and printers.

License

The original is in the public domain (verified with the museum’s API on 2026-11-06). The Tiraj interpretation is ours: the files are for personal use only. Print them for your own home or as a gift; please don’t resell, share or redistribute the files or sell prints made from them. Full license.

Digital download: nothing is shipped, frame not included. Colours vary slightly between screens and printers.