Petrus van der Velden, 1893 - Otira Gorge - fine art print

Original artwork description by the museum's website (© Copyright - Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa - Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa)

Otira Gorge, circa 1893, Christchurch, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1939. Te Papa (1939-0010-4)

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Background information on this over 120 year-old painting

In 1893 the male Dutch artist Petrus van der Velden painted this 19th century artwork called "Otira Gorge". The over 120 year old original had the following size: Image: 357mm (width), 561mm (height) and was painted with the techinque of oil on canvas. Today, the piece of art can be viewed in in the collection of Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa, which is the national museum of New Zealand, with a great collection of artworks that contain deep ancestral links to the indigenous Māori population of New Zealand. We are happy to mention that the public domain artwork is included with courtesy of Otira Gorge, 1893, by Petrus van der Velden. Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1939. Te Papa (1939-0010-4). Creditline of the artwork: Gift of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts, 1939. In addition to this, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

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