Master of Saint Francis, 1266 - Saints Bartholomew and Simon - fine art print

Background information on this over 750 year-old work of art

This classic art painting Saints Bartholomew and Simon was made by the artist Master of Saint Francis in 1266. The original measures the size: 18 3/4 x 9 in (47,6 x 22,9 cm). Tempera and gold on wood was used by the painter as the medium of the artwork. It can be viewed in in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. The classic art public domain piece of art is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. : Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. What is more, the alignment is portrait with an image ratio of 1 : 2, which means that the length is 50% shorter than the width.

General specifications by the museum (© Copyright - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The earliest Italian painting in the Lehman Collection, this panel formed part of one of the greatest Italian altarpieces of the third quarter of the thirteenth century. The double-sided altarpiece was probably commissioned for the main altar of the church of San Francesco al Prato in Perugia. This panel—with Saint Francis (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia), Saint James and Saint John the Evangelist (both National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.), Saint Matthew (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia), and Saint Peter (private collection)—formed the left side of one face of the main altarpiece; the right side of the other face depicted Isaiah (Tesoro di San Francesco, Assisi), and the Deposition, the Lamentation, and Saint Anthony (all Galleria Nazionale, Perugia). The tondi in the spandrels at the upper corners are cut into the panel through the canvas ground and are pigmented on gesso priming. They were originally, like the spandrels of the panels from this altarpiece at Perugia, filled with colored and gilded glass. The altarpiece was displayed above an early Christian sarcophagus containing the body of Saint Francis's follower, the Beato Egidio (ca. 1261). The painted arches and the disposition of the figures in the altarpiece panels echoes the sculpted reliefs of the sarcophagus. The Master of Saint Francis was also responsible for another highly significant Franciscan commission: a fresco cycle in the nave of the Lower Church of San Francesco at Assisi.

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• The canvas print: The UV printed canvas material mounted on a wooden frame. A canvas produces a attractive, enjoyable feeling. A canvas print has the advantage of being relatively low in weight. This means, it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without the support of extra wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for all kinds of walls.
• Aluminium dibond print: Aluminium Dibond prints are metal prints with an outstanding depth effect. A direct Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is the ideal start to fine art reproductions on aluminum. For our Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your chosen work of art right on the surface of the aluminum material. This direct print on Aluminum Dibond is the most popular entry-level product and is a truly sophisticated way to showcase artworks, since it puts the viewer’s attention on the replica of the artwork.
• Acrylic glass print: An print on acrylic glass, often named a print on plexiglass, will convert the original into brilliant wall décor. Our acrylic glass protects your chosen art print against sunlight and external influences for many more years.
• Printed poster (canvas material): A poster is a printed sheet of canvas paper with a slight finish on the surface. A poster is used for placing the fine art print with a special frame. Please bear in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster we add a white margin of approximately 2-6 cm round about the work of art to facilitate the framing.

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Important note: We try whatever we can in order to depict the art products with as many details as possible and to showcase them visually in our shop. Still, the colors of the printed materials, as well as the print result may diverge somehwat from the image on your device's monitor. Depending on your screen settings and the quality of the surface, not all color pigments are printed as realistically as the digital version depicted here. Given that all are printed and processed by hand, there might as well be minor variations in the motif's exact position and the size.

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