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In the year 1746 the artist Pietro Longhi created this 18th century artwork. The masterpiece has the following size - 24 x 19 1/2 in (61 x 49,5 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the artist as the medium of the artwork. Nowadays, the piece of art is included in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1912 (public domain). Moreover, the work of art has the creditline: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1912. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter Pietro Longhi was an artist from Italy, whose artistic style can mainly be classified as Rococo. The European painter was born in the year 1702 in Venice, Venezia province, Veneto, Italy and passed away at the age of 83 in 1785.
Original artwork description as provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org)
An older man with a coin in his hand negotiates with a procuress for the favors of a pretty young woman, who reads with evident pleasure the letter he has written her. The great Venetian playwright Carlo Goldoni praised Longhi's dedication to truth, by which he meant the way the artist chronicled the foibles of contemporary society. This picture with three others in the Museum's collection seems to have formed part of a series painted in 1746 for the Gambardi family in Florence. The frames are original to the pictures.
Background information about the unique work of art
| Painting name: | "The Letter" |
| Artwork categorization: | painting |
| General term: | classic art |
| Century: | 18th century |
| Created in: | 1746 |
| Approximate age of artwork: | around 270 years old |
| Medium of original artwork: | oil on canvas |
| Size of the original work of art: | 24 x 19 1/2 in (61 x 49,5 cm) |
| Museum: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location of museum: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Museum's web page: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| License: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1912 |
| Artwork creditline: | Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1912 |
Artist information table
| Name: | Pietro Longhi |
| Also known as: | Longhi Pietro, לונגי פייטרו, P. Longhi, Longhi Pietro, Longhi P., Longhi Falca, Pietro Longi, Pietrus Longe, Longhi, Pietro Long, longhi p., Pietro Falca, Pietro Longhi |
| Gender of the artist: | male |
| Nationality of artist: | Italian |
| Jobs: | painter |
| Country of the artist: | Italy |
| Artist category: | old master |
| Styles of the artist: | Rococo |
| Lifespan: | 83 years |
| Year born: | 1702 |
| Place of birth: | Venice, Venezia province, Veneto, Italy |
| Year died: | 1785 |
| Town of death: | Venice, Venezia province, Veneto, Italy |
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We offer a range of various materials and sizes for every product. In order match your personal requirements perfectly, you can choose among the following product customization options:
- The canvas print: The canvas print is a printed canvas stretched on a wooden frame. A canvas has a special impression of three dimensionality. Your printed canvas of this artwork will allow you to transform your new fine art print into a large work of art as you would see in a gallery. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy to hang up the Canvas print without additional wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for all types of walls.
- Poster print (canvas material): The Artprinta poster is a UV printed canvas paper with a fine texture on the surface. A poster print is excellently suited for framing your art print in a custom-made frame. Please note, that depending on the size of the poster print we add a white margin of something between 2-6cm around the artwork, which facilitates the framing with a custom frame.
- Metal (aluminium dibond print): Aluminium Dibond prints are metal prints with an outstanding depth effect. The Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is the perfect introduction to fine art reproductions with aluminum. For your Direct Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print the favorite artwork onto the surface of the white-primed aluminum composite. The bright & white components of the original artwork shimmer with a silk gloss, however without any glow. Colors are luminous, the fine details of the print are crisp.
- Acrylic glass print: A glossy acrylic glass print, which is sometimes referenced as a UV print on plexiglass, will convert your favorite original work of art into marvellous wall décor and is a good alternative to canvas and aluminidum dibond fine art replicas. The work of art is being custom-made with state-of-the-art UV print technology. The great upside of a plexiglass fine art print is that contrasts and also granular color details become exposed because of the fine tonal gradation in the print.
Structured article details
| Print prodct: | fine art reproduction |
| Reproduction method: | digital reproduction |
| Manufacturing method: | UV direct printing |
| Product Origin: | German-made |
| Type of stock: | on demand |
| Product use: | wall picture, home décor |
| Alignment of the artwork: | portrait format |
| Image aspect ratio: | (length : width) 1 : 1.2 |
| Interpretation: | the length is 20% shorter than the width |
| Materials: | canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper) |
| Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) size variants: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47", 150x180cm - 59x71" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47", 150x180cm - 59x71" |
| Poster print (canvas paper) size options: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47" |
| Dibond print (alumnium material) size variants: | 50x60cm - 20x24", 100x120cm - 39x47" |
| Art print framing: | without frame |
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