Cornelis de Man, 1639 - The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg - fine art print

Original artwork description as provided from Rijksmuseum website (© - Rijksmuseum - Rijksmuseum)

Smerenburg on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen was a settlement of Dutch whalers. The painter was never there, but constructed a hotchpotch of drawn and painted motifs that he knew. On the beach whale blubber is being carved into small pieces and boiled. The rendered fat was poured into wooden trays, purified, and the resulting oil stored in barrels. The men’s barracks can be seen in the right background.

Interesting facts about this over 380 year-old work of art

The Whale-oil Refinery near the Village of Smerenburg is a masterpiece by the Dutch painter Cornelis de Man in 1639. What is more, the artpiece belongs to the Rijksmuseum's digital art collection in Amsterdam, Netherlands. With courtesy of Rijksmuseum (licensed: public domain).: . What is more, the alignment is landscape with a side ratio of 2 : 1, meaning that the length is two times longer than the width. Cornelis de Man was a painter from the Netherlands, whose style can be classified as Baroque. The Dutch painter lived for a total of 85 years, born in 1621 in Delft, South Holland, Netherlands and died in 1706.

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• Canvas print: A canvas print is a printed canvas stretched on a wooden stretcher. A canvas print of this artpiece will allow you to transform your into a large artwork. A canvas print has the advantage of being relatively low in weight, meaning that it is quite simple to hang your Canvas print without the help of any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for all kinds of walls.
• Aluminium dibond: These are metal prints on aluminium dibond with an outstanding depth. Its non-reflective surface make a modern look. A direct Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is the excellent introduction to the sophisticated world of fine prints produced with aluminum. For our Direct Aluminium Dibond option, we print your selected work of art right on the surface of the white-primed aluminum. The bright and white components of the original artwork shimmer with a silky gloss but without the glow. Colors are bright and vivid in the highest definition, fine details of the print appear crisp. The UV print on Aluminum Dibond is one of the most demanded entry-level products and is a stylish way to showcase art, as it draws focus on the artwork.
• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): The print on acrylic glass, often described as a UV print on plexiglass, will change your favorite artwork into home décor. Your favorite artwork is printed with state-of-the-art UV printing technology. This makes vibrant and sharp print colors. The great upside of an acrylic glass fine art copy is that sharp contrasts and also granular image details become exposed thanks to the granular gradation in the picture.
• Poster print on canvas material: A poster is a UV printed canvas paper with a fine surface structure, that reminds the actual version of the work of art. The printed poster is particularly suited for putting the art print with a customized frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster we add a white margin of approximately 2-6cm around the work of art, which facilitates the framing.

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