Peter Paul Rubens, 1616 - Atalanta and Meleager - fine art print

What does the website of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art state about the 17th century work of art made by Peter Paul Rubens? (© Copyright - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

This magnificent picture illustrates a story from the Metamorphoses of Ovid (completed 8 A.D.). Meleager has killed the wild boar that ravaged the countryside and presents its head to the virgin Atalanta, with whom he has fallen in love. In the background is a Fury—a reference to the subsequent events leading up to Meleager's death. Although a splendid example of Rubens's work around 1615–17, the picture is not in uniformly good condition. Parts are abraded and the drapery over the right shoulder of Meleager has been reconstructed on the basis of a workshop copy in the Gemäldegalerie, Kassel. The splendid French Régence frame dates to about 1720.

What you should know the painting painted by Peter Paul Rubens

Atalanta and Meleager is an artpiece by Peter Paul Rubens in 1616. The original measures the size: 52 1/2 x 42 in (133,4 x 106,7 cm). Oil on wood was used by the painter as the medium of the masterpiece. Today, this work of art is in the the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This classic art artpiece, which belongs to the public domain is included, courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Fletcher Fund, 1944. Also, the artwork has the following creditline: Fletcher Fund, 1944. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Peter Paul Rubens was a male diplomat, painter, whose artistic style can be attributed primarily to Baroque. The artist lived for a total of 63 years, born in 1577 in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and passed away in the year 1640 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium.

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• Acrylic glass print: A glossy print on acrylic glass, which is often named as a UV print on plexiglass, will turn your favorite original work of art into lovely wall décor. Moreover, the acrylic art print offers a good alternative to canvas and dibond fine art replicas. With an acrylic glass fine art print contrasts and small details become more recognizeable with the help of the very fine tonal gradation. The acrylic glass protects your selected fine art print against light and external influences for many more years to come.
• Printed poster (canvas material): The Artprinta poster is a UV printed canvas paper with a nice surface finish, that reminds the actual masterpiece. It is perfectly appropriate for framing your art replica with a personal frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the size of the poster print we add a white margin of around 2 - 6cm round about the painting, which facilitates the framing.
• Metal print (aluminium dibond): An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with an impressive depth, which makes a modern impression thanks to a surface structure, which is non-reflective. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is the excellent start to art replicas on aluminum. For the Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your favorite work of art onto the surface of the white-primed aluminum composite. The white and bright sections of the work of art shine with a silky gloss, however without glow. The colors are luminous in the highest definition, details appear very clear. This direct UV print on aluminium is one of the most demanded entry-level products and is a sophisticated way to display artworks, since it puts all of the viewer’s attention on the artwork.
• Canvas print: The canvas print is a printed canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher. It produces a sculptural impression of three dimensionality. A canvas print has the advantage of being low in weight, meaning that it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without additional wall-mounts. Because of thata canvas print is suitable for all types of walls.

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