Master of the View of Sainte Gudule, 1480 - Young Man Holding a Book - fine art print

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Young Man Holding a Book is a work of art created by Master of the View of Sainte Gudule in 1480. The more than 540 year-old original was painted with the size Overall, with arched top, 8 1/4 x 5 1/8 in (21 x 13 cm); painted surface 8 1/8 x 5 in (20,6 x 12,6 cm). Oil on wood was used by the painter as the technique for the piece of art. This artwork is in the the 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.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950 (public domain). : Bequest of Mary Stillman Harkness, 1950. The alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has an aspect ratio of 2 : 3, meaning that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

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• Canvas print: The canvas print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wood stretcher. Your printed canvas of this masterpiece will give you the unique chance of turning your own fine art print into a large collection piece. How can I hang a canvas print on my wall? The advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight. That means, it is easy to hang the Canvas print without the support of extra wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for any type of wall.
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• Printed acrylic glass (with real glass coating): A glossy acrylic glass print, which is sometimes described as a print on plexiglass, transforms the artwork into beautiful décor. The work of art will be made with modern UV print technology. This creates intense and stunning color tones. The plexiglass protects your chosen fine art print against sunlight and external influences for many years.
• Aluminium dibond print (metal): An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with a true depth - for a modern impression and a non-reflective surface structure. The colors of the print are vivid and luminous, the details of the print appear crisp.

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The heart-shaped book this sitter holds is probably a prayer book; he is depicted before a view of the church of Sainte Gudule in Brussels, where a mass is performed by a priest in the background. The man’s identity is unknown, but he may have been a member of a confraternity or guild with a particular devotion to Saint Augustine, whose symbolic attribute was a heart surmounted by a flame. It is possible this formed the right wing of a devotional diptych; as such, the shape of the book would echo the open form of two joined, arch-shaped panels.