Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1883 - Ludus pro homeland (Patriot Games) - fine art print

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The 19th century masterpiece was created by the French artist Pierre Puvis de Chavannes in 1883. The original had the size: 13 1/8 x 52 7/8 in (33,3 x 134,3 cm) and was painted on the medium oil on canvas. Nowadays, the work of art is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital art collection in New York City, New York, United States of America. This modern art artpiece, which is in the public domain is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1958. Furthermore, the artwork has the following creditline: Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1958. Further, the alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape with an aspect ratio of 4 : 1, which implies that the length is four times longer than the width. The painter Pierre Puvis de Chavannes was an artist, whose style can be classified as Symbolism. The painter lived for 74 years, born in the year 1824 in Lyon, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France and passed away in the year 1898.

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• Poster on canvas material: The poster is a UV printed sheet of flat canvas with a nice structure on the surface. Please bear in mind, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin of something between 2-6cm around the print, which facilitates the framing with a custom frame.
• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating on top): An acrylic glass print, often referenced as a plexiglass print, will transform your selected original into amazing décor. The artwork is made with state-of-the-art UV direct print machines.
• The canvas print: The printed canvas material mounted on a wooden frame. A canvas generates a exclusive impression of three-dimensionality. Additionally, a canvas produces a lovely, comfy ambience. A canvas print of your favorite artwork will allow you to transform your customized fine art print into a large artwork like you would see in a real gallery. The advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is quite simple to hang the Canvas print without extra wall-mounts. Because of thatcanvas prints are suitable for all kinds of walls.
• Aluminium dibond print: This is a metal print manufactured on aluminium dibond material with an impressive effect of depth - for a modern impression and non-reflective surface. The Aluminium Dibond Print is your perfect start to fine art reproductions on alu. For your Direct Aluminium Dibond option, we print the chosen artpiece on the aluminium composite surface. The bright & white sections of the original artwork shine with a silk gloss but without the glare.

Important note: We do everything in order to describe the products as accurately as possible and to exhibit them visually. Although, some pigments of the printed materials and the printing may vary marginally from the image on your monitor. Depending on the screen settings and the quality of the surface, not all color pigments are printed as realisitcally as the digital version shown here. In view of the fact that all our fine art prints are processed and printed by hand, there might also be slight discrepancies in the size and exact position of the motif.

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Puvis’s evocation of ancient France shows young athletes training with pikes (piques in French), the traditional weapon of the Picardy region and reputedly the origin of the province’s name. One man has thrown his spear into the air and prepares to catch it—a rare moment of spontaneity in Puvis’s oeuvre. This work is a replica, reduced in size, of a mural that the painter completed in 1882 and installed in 1888 in the Musée de Picardie in Amiens. The exhibition and sale of such "reductions" helped publicize the artist’s monumental decorative commissions and boost his income.