Dieric Bouts, 1485 - Saint Christopher and the Infant Christ - fine art print

Summary of the product

This 15th century piece of art was painted by the male Dutch artist Dieric Bouts in 1485. The beyond 530 year-old original measures the size Overall 15 1/4 x 10 1/8 in (38,7 x 25,7 cm); painted surface 14 5/8 x 9 5/8 in (37 x 24,5 cm) and was painted with the technique oil on oak panel. Moveover, the artwork belongs to the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. We are glad to reference that the artwork, which belongs to the public domain is supplied with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Besides, the artwork has the following creditline: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975. Furthermore, alignment is portrait with a ratio of 2 : 3, which means that the length is 33% shorter than the width.

Materials our customers can choose from

We offer a range of various sizes and materials for every product. Choose among the following product options now to match your preferences in size and material:

• Poster on canvas material: Our poster is a UV printed cotton canvas paper with a granular texture on the surface. It is best suited for framing your art copy with the help of a customized frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the size of the poster print we add a white margin between 2-6cm round about the artwork in order to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.
• Canvas print: The canvas direct print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher. Canvas Prints have the great advantage of being low in weight, which implies that it is easy to hang up the Canvas print without the help of any wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suited for all types of walls.
• Acrylic glass print: The acrylic glass print, which is often denoted as a UV print on plexiglass, transforms your chosen original into great home décor. Above all, the acrylic art print forms a distinct alternative option to dibond and canvas fine art prints. The work of art will be custom-made with state-of-the-art UV print technology.
• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): This is a metal print made on aluminium dibond material with a true effect of depth. The Aluminium Dibond Print is the perfect start to art replicas manufactured on aluminum. The bright & white parts of the artwork shine with a silky gloss but without any glow.

Legal note: We try the best we can in order to depict our art products as accurate as possible and to exhibit them visually in our shop. Still, some colors of the print products and the imprint might differ somehwat from the presentation on your device's monitor. Depending on your settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, color pigments can unfortunately not be printed 100% realistically. Considering that our are printed and processed by hand, there might also be minor discrepancies in the motif's size and exact position.

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Legend describes Saint Christopher as a Canaanite of giant stature. Using his great strength, Christopher, whose name means ‘Christ-bearer’, ferried the weak and the poor across a river. On one occasion, the saint undertook to help a child across the treacherous water, but as Christopher moved, the boy became heavier and heavier. After the laborious but successful journey, the boy revealed himself to be the Infant Christ. Here, the saint’s furrowed brow and reliance on his walking staff communicate the great burden – the weight of the world – he carries over the lapping waves. This image is linked to two other paintings of the saint that are attributed to Dieric and Aelbert Bouts and their circle: the right wing of the Adoration of the Magi triptych (also known as the Pearl of Brabant) and a panel in the Galleria Estense, Modena.