Frans Hals, 1616 - Merrymakers at Shrovetide - fine art print

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The more than 400 year-old painting was created by the male Dutch artist Frans Hals in 1616. The original version of the painting was painted with the size - 51 3/4 x 39 1/4 in (131,4 x 99,7 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the Dutch painter as the medium of the piece of art. This artpiece is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital art collection. We are pleased to mention that the public domain artpiece is being included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. Creditline of the artwork: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. On top of that, alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait with a ratio of 3 : 4, meaning that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The painter Frans Hals was an artist from the Netherlands, whose style can be attributed mainly to Baroque. The artist lived for 84 years, born in 1582 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and passed away in 1666 in Haarlem, North Holland, Netherlands.

What kind of fine art print materials can I select?

For every fine art print we offer a range of different materials and sizes. We allow you to pick your favorite size and material among the following product individualization options:

• Acrylic glass print: A glossy print on acrylic glass, often named a print on plexiglass, will change the original artwork into amazing home decoration. The major upside of an acrylic glass print is that contrasts and small artwork details will be exposed due to the fine tonal gradation.
• Aluminium dibond print: These are metal prints on aluminium dibond with an outstanding depth effect. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is the ideal start to fine prints produced on aluminum. For the Direct Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print the selected artwork on the surface of the white-primed aluminum material. The colors of the print are vivid and luminous, fine details of the print appear clear and crisp.
• The poster print on canvas material: A poster is a printed sheet of flat canvas with a fine finish on the surface. A poster print is best suited for framing your art copy with a special frame. Please bear in mind, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin of around 2-6cm around the painting, which facilitates the framing.
• The canvas print: A canvas print is a printed cotton canvas stretched on a wooden stretcher. Hanging your canvas print: A canvas print has the advantage of being relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy and straightforward to hang your Canvas print without any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suited for any type of wall.

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Shrovetide, now better known as Mardi Gras, is the traditional period of indulgence before the fasting and self-discipline of Lent. In the seventeenth-century Netherlands, it was also the occasion for theatrical performances by the painters’ guilds. Here, Hals depicts two stock figures from these plays, Hans Worst, with a sausage dangling from his cap, and Pekelharing, who sports a garland of salted fish and eggs. They flank a richly dressed girl (probably a boy in drag, as women were not permitted to perform on these occasions). Still life elements litter the foreground, evoking both the traditional foods of the festival and an abundance of erotic innuendo.