Gustave Courbet, 1857 - Louis Guéymard (1822-1880) as Robert le Diable - fine art print
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Original information about the work of art from the museum (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
This painting, shown at the Salon of 1857, depicts the tenor Louis Gueymard in his most famous part, the title role of Meyerbeer’s opera Robert le Diable. The setting is the cavern where Robert plays dice with two servants of the devil while his father Bertram, an evil genius, looks on. In this scene Robert sings about the dangers of the lust for gold in the celebrated aria L’or est une chimère (Gold is but an illusion).
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In the year 1857 Gustave Courbet created this painting Louis Guéymard (1822-1880) as Robert le Diable. The version of the work of art was made with the size: 58 1/2 x 42 in (148,6 x 106,7 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the French painter as the technique for the piece of art. This artpiece belongs to the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, 1919 (licensed - public domain). The creditline of the artwork is: Gift of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, 1919. Further, the alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 1 : 1.4, which implies that the length is 29% shorter than the width. The painter, sculptor, communard Gustave Courbet was a European artist from France, whose art style can mainly be classified as Realism. The French artist was born in the year 1819 in Ornans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France and passed away at the age of 58 in 1877 in La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland.
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The painter
| Name: | Gustave Courbet |
| Other artist names: | Courbet Jean Desire Gustave, G. Courbet, Gustave Courbet, courbert, Courbet Gustave, courbet gustav, Gust. Courbet, gustav courbet, Courbet G., courbet g., קורבה גוסטב, Courbet, Courbet Jean-Desire-Gustave, Kurbe Gi︠u︡stav, courbet gustave |
| Gender of the artist: | male |
| Artist nationality: | French |
| Jobs: | sculptor, painter, communard |
| Country: | France |
| Classification: | modern artist |
| Art styles: | Realism |
| Lifetime: | 58 years |
| Born in the year: | 1819 |
| Birthplace: | Ornans, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France |
| Died: | 1877 |
| Place of death: | La Tour-de-Peilz, Vaud, Switzerland |
Artwork table
| Title of the artwork: | "Louis Guéymard (1822-1880) as Robert le Diable" |
| Categorization of the artpiece: | painting |
| Umbrella term: | modern art |
| Century: | 19th century |
| Created in the year: | 1857 |
| Approximate age of artwork: | 160 years |
| Painted on: | oil on canvas |
| Size of the original artwork: | 58 1/2 x 42 in (148,6 x 106,7 cm) |
| Museum: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Location of the museum: | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Website of the museum: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Artwork license type: | public domain |
| Courtesy of: | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, 1919 |
| Artwork creditline: | Gift of Elizabeth Milbank Anderson, 1919 |
Structured item details
| Print product type: | wall art |
| Reproduction method: | digital reproduction |
| Production process: | digital printing (UV direct print) |
| Provenance: | Germany |
| Stock type: | on demand |
| Intended usage: | wall picture, art reproduction gallery |
| Image orientation: | portrait alignment |
| Image ratio: | length to width 1 : 1.4 |
| Image aspect ratio implication: | the length is 29% shorter than the width |
| Item material options: | canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), poster print (canvas paper), metal print (aluminium dibond) |
| Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame) variants: | 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55" |
| Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): | 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55" |
| Poster print (canvas paper) size options: | 50x70cm - 20x28" |
| Aluminium print sizes: | 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55" |
| Frame: | no frame |
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