Original information about the work of art by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© Copyright - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Candid (or Candido) was born in Bruges and trained in Florence, where he began his career as painter and designer of tapestries. In this grand altarpiece, the Angel Gabriel along with God the Father and the Holy Spirit rush into Mary’s bedroom in a blaze of light and color as they announce that she will bear a child. The artist painted it for a small church or oratory in the country to the south of Florence soon before he left Italy for Munich, where he became court painter to the Dukes of Bavaria.
Product background information
This classic art work of art The Annunciation was created by the mannerist artist Peter Candid in the year 1585. The 430 years old original of the artwork was made with the size - 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in (231,8 x 173,3 cm). Oil on wood was applied by the European painter as the technique for the artwork. Furthermore, the work of art is in the the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. The classic art artwork, which is in the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Fabrizio Moretti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2011. Creditline of the artwork: Gift of Fabrizio Moretti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2011. Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has a side ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter, tapestry designer Peter Candid was a European artist, whose art style can mainly be classified as Mannerism. The Dutch painter lived for 80 years - born in 1548 in Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium and deceased in the year 1628.
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The artist
| Name: | Peter Candid |
| Alternative names: | Witte Pieter de, Peter de Witte genannt Candit, Pedro Candido, P. Candido, Petr. Candido, Pitro Candido, P. a Candidus, Candido, Peter Dewit, Candido Pietro d'Elia, Pietro Candido, P. De Wit, Witte Pietro Candido, Peter Candido, Pieter de Witte genannt: Il Candido, E. Dewist dit Candide, Wit Peter, Witte Peter de gen. Candid, Pierre Candide, Petrus Witte, P. De Witte, Witte Peter de genanut Candit, Candid Peter, candid pieter de witte gen., Peter de Wit, Candide, De Witte, Petrus Candi, Pierre Candi, Peter Witte, Witte Peter Candid, Peter Candigio, Peter de Witte gen. Pietro Candido, Pietro Candido Fiorentino, Pieter de Witte gen. Candid, Pieter de Witte genannt: Il Candido, pieter de witte gen. candido, Don. P. Candido, De Witte Pieter, Pet. Candido, Candido Pietro di Pietro, Petrus de Witte genannt Candito, Candido Pier, Candido Pietro, Peter Candius, Candid Pieter de Witte gen., Peter Caudit, Peter Candid, Pierre de Wit dit Pietro Candido, Witte Peter, Pieter de Witte, Wit Pietro Candido, Witte |
| Gender: | male |
| Artist nationality: | Dutch |
| Professions of the artist: | tapestry designer, painter |
| Country: | the Netherlands |
| Artist classification: | old master |
| Styles of the artist: | Mannerism |
| Died at the age of: | 80 years |
| Born in the year: | 1548 |
| Place of birth: | Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium |
| Year of death: | 1628 |
| Deceased in (place): | Munich, Bavaria, Germany |
Artwork details
| Title of the painting: | "The Annunciation" |
| Categorization of the artwork: | painting |
| Art categorization: | classic art |
| Period: | 16th century |
| Artpiece year: | 1585 |
| Approximate age of artwork: | over 430 years |
| Painted on: | oil on wood |
| Size of the original work of art: | 91 1/4 x 68 1/4 in (231,8 x 173,3 cm) |
| Museum / location: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Place of the museum: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Website of the museum: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| License of artwork: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Fabrizio Moretti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2011 |
| Creditline: | Gift of Fabrizio Moretti, in honor of Keith Christiansen, 2011 |
About the item
| Product type: | fine art print |
| Method of reproduction: | reproduction in digital format |
| Manufacturing method: | UV direct printing (digital print) |
| Product Origin: | Germany |
| Stock type: | production on demand |
| Product use: | home design, art print gallery |
| Orientation: | portrait format |
| Image ratio: | length to width 3 : 4 |
| Implication: | the length is 25% shorter than the width |
| Fabric variants: | poster print (canvas paper), metal print (aluminium dibond), canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) |
| Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) size options: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) variants: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63" |
| Poster print (canvas paper) options: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Aluminium print (aluminium dibond material) size options: | 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47" |
| Framing of the art copy: | unframed art print |
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