Frans Hals, 1625 - Saint John the Evangelist - fine art print

Original artwork description by The J. Paul Getty Museum (© Copyright - by The J. Paul Getty Museum - www.getty.edu)

Observed by his symbol, the eagle, and poised to write God's words, Saint John looks up for divine inspiration, which he receives as brilliant light. Saint John, the Galilean fisherman who became one of Christ's apostles, is traditionally considered the author of the Gospel according to John and of the Bible's Book of Revelation. Hals used only light and handling of paint to create the lifelike, fleeting quality that made his portraits so prized. He chose a dramatic moment, then captured it with bold, spontaneous brushwork. A contemporary reported that Hals called the final touches he made to his canvases "putting in his handwriting"--adding the trademark highlights that give his pictures much of their sparkle.

Treasured by both artists and royalty, Saint John was owned by painter Gerard Hoet and later by Catherine the Great of Russia.

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For every art print we offer different sizes and materials. The following options are available for individualization:

• Canvas: A canvas print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher. A canvas print has the advantage of being low in weight, meaning that it is easy and straightforward to hang up your Canvas print without any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suitable for any kind of wall.
• Print on glossy acrylic glass (with real glass coating on top): The acrylic glass print, which is sometimes labelled as a plexiglass print, changes an original artwork into wall décor. Your work of art is printed thanks to the help of state-of-the-art UV print technology. The major benefit of a plexiglass fine art print is that contrasts and also minor artwork details will be recognizeable with the help of the fine tonal gradation. Our plexiglass with real glass coating protects your chosen art print against light and heat for many decades.
• The poster print (canvas material): Our poster print is a printed flat canvas paper with a slightly roughened structure on the surface. It is particularly appropriate for putting the art replica with a personal frame. Please note, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin 2-6cm round about the work of art, which facilitates the framing.
• Aluminium dibond: These are metal prints on aluminium dibond with a true depth effect - for a modern look and non-reflective surface structure.

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Saint John the Evangelist was made by Frans Hals. Besides, the piece of art is included in the The J. Paul Getty Museum's art collection, which is located in Los Angeles, California, United States of America. The classic art work of art, which belongs to the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum.Creditline of the artwork: . On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which implies that the length is 25% shorter than the width. Frans Hals was a male painter, whose artistic style can be classified as Baroque. The Baroque painter lived for 84 years, born in the year 1582 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and passed away in the year 1666 in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands.

Important note: We try whatever we can in order to describe our products as precisely as possible and to illustrate them visually in our shop. Although, the tone of the printed materials and the print result might vary somehwat from the representation on the screen. Depending on the settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, not all colors are printed as realistically as the digital version shown here. Given that our art prints are processed and printed manually, there may as well be slight discrepancies in the motif's size and exact position.

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