Paolo Veronese, 1570 - Mars and Venus United by Love - fine art print

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In this visually opulent and sensual painting, Cupid binds Mars (the god of war) to Venus with a love knot. It celebrates the civilizing and nurturing effects of love, as milk flows from Venus’s breast and Mars’s warhorse is restrained. By 1621 the painting was owned by Emperor Rudolf II in Prague, along with other mythological works by the artist (two are in the Frick Collection, New York), but its original owner is unknown. A masterpiece of light and color, works such as this had an enduring impact on later artists including Velázquez and Giambattista Tiepolo.

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This over 450 year-old painting was created by the artist Paolo Veronese. The original has the size: 81 x 63 3/8 in (205,7 x 161 cm) and was manufactured with oil on canvas. Nowadays, this work of art can be viewed in in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's art collection in New York City, New York, United States of America. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910 (public domain). : John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1910. What is more, the alignment is portrait with a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Paolo Veronese was a painter of Italian nationality, whose artistic style can primarily be classified as Mannerism. The European painter was born in the year 1528 in Verona, Verona province, Veneto, Italy and died at the age of 60 in 1588.

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• Printed poster (canvas material): A poster is a UV printed flat canvas paper with a granular texture on the surface. It is optimally used for framing your fine art print with the help of a special frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin of around 2-6cm around the work of art, which facilitates the framing with your custom frame.
• Acrylic glass print: An acrylic glass print, which is sometimes named as a print on plexiglass, will change the original artwork into great home décor and offers a distinct alternative to aluminium or canvas prints. The work of art is made with the help of modern UV direct print machines. This has the image effect of sharp and vivid colors. With a glossy acrylic glass art print sharp contrasts and also granular color details become more visible because of the subtle gradation of the print.
• Canvas print: The canvas direct print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wood frame. It makes a particular effect of three dimensionality. Further, a printed canvas generates a cosy and pleasing effect. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, meaning that it is easy and straightforward to hang up your Canvas print without the use of additional wall-mounts. Therefore, a canvas print is suited for any type of wall.
• Aluminium dibond print: This is a metal print made on aluminium dibond material with an impressive depth. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is the best start to the sophisticated world of prints with aluminum. For our Direct Aluminium Dibond print, we print your favorite artwork onto the surface of the white-primed aluminum material. The bright and white parts of the original work of art shimmer with a silk gloss but without any glow. This print on Aluminum Dibond is one of the most demanded entry-level products and is a truly sophisticated way to display fine art prints, because it draws focus on the whole artwork.

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