Rembrandt van Rijn, 1661 - The Crusader - fine art print

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The classic art artpiece named "The Crusader" was made by the baroque master Rembrandt van Rijn in 1661. The 350 year old version of the work of art was made with the size 55,5 x 68,5 cm. Oil on canvas was used by the European painter as the technique for the painting. Today, this work of art is included in the Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark)'s collection. With courtesy of National Gallery of Denmark (public domain license).The creditline of the artpiece is: . Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width. Rembrandt van Rijn was a painter from the Netherlands, whose art style was mainly Baroque. The Baroque painter lived for 63 years, born in the year 1606 in Leiden and passed away in 1669.

Artwork specifications by the museum's website (© - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark) - Statens Museum for Kunst (National Gallery of Denmark))

Sketch for The Knight with the Falcon, known as "The Crusader"

Surrounded by darkness, a face lights up the canvas. The sitter may simply have been a random person whom Rembrandt met in the streets of Amsterdam, inviting him back to his studio to model.

Shades of light The face is a study in light. Rembrandt used a five-step process to paint all the shades of light. Each step involves its own distinctive colours and brushstrokes. The source of light is not accounted for. More than anything the face seems to be lit from within.

An ascetic saint Indeed, the sketch is a preliminary study for the painting Saint Bavo, now housed at the museum in Gothenburg. Saint Bavo is a character known from Dutch medieval narratives; he was canonised due to his ascetic, altruistic way of life. Rembrandt only painted the face and hair; the cloak with a crusader’s emblem is a later addition.

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Available product materials

For every fine art print we offer different sizes and materials. The following options are available for individualization:

• The acrylic glass print: A glossy acrylic glass print, which is often denoted as a UV print on plexiglass, transforms your chosen original artwork into décor and makes a good alternative to canvas and dibond fine art prints.
• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): Aluminium Dibond prints are metal prints with a true effect of depth. For your Aluminium Dibond option, we print your selected artwork on the aluminium white-primed surface. The print on aluminium is the most popular entry-level product and is a sophisticated way to showcase art, since it puts all of the viewer’s attention on the replica of the artwork.
• The poster print (canvas material): The Artprinta poster is a printed sheet of canvas paper with a slightly roughened texture on the surface, which resembles the actual artwork. Please bear in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin of something between 2-6cm round about the painting in order to facilitate the framing.
• Canvas print: The canvas print is a printed cotton canvas stretched on a wood frame. How can I hang a canvas print on the wall? Canvas Prints have the great advantage of being low in weight. That means, it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without the use of additional wall-mounts. Hence, a canvas print is suited for any kind of wall.

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Important note: We do everything in order to depict the art products with as many details as possible and to exhibit them visually. However, the tone of the print products and the imprint might differ slightly from the representation on your device's monitor. Depending on the screen settings and the quality of the surface, not all color pigments are printed one hundret percent realistically. Since all our art prints are printed and processed by hand, there may as well be slight variations in the exact position and the size of the motif.

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