Goya, 1778 - The blind guitarist (The Blind Guitar) - fine art print

Background information on the art replica of the painting The blind guitarist (The Blind Guitar)

This classic art painting The blind guitarist (The Blind Guitar) was created by the artist Goya in 1778. The 240 years old work of art was made with the size of Sheet: 14 in × 21 5/8 in (35,5 × 55 cm). Etching; working proof was used by the artist as the technique for the artpiece. It is part of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection, which is one of the world's largest and finest art museums, which includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe.. With courtesy of - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922 (public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Purchase, Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, 1922. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format with a side ratio of 3 : 2, which means that the length is 50% longer than the width.

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• Aluminium dibond print (metal): These are metal prints on alu dibond with an impressive depth. A direct Aluminium Dibond Print is your best introduction to art replicas on aluminum. For our Aluminium Dibond print, we print your artpiece on the aluminium white-primed surface. The bright components of the original work of art shine with a silky gloss but without any glare.
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• Printed acrylic glass (with real glass coating on top): The print on acrylic glass, which is often named as a print on plexiglass, changes the original into marvellous home decoration. The great upside of an acrylic glass fine art print is that contrasts and also minor details become identifiable due to the very fine gradation in the print. Our real glass coating protects your chosen fine art print against sunlight and heat for several decades.
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What does the website of the The Metropolitan Museum of Art write about this artwork from the painter Goya? (© Copyright - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

In the spring of 1778 Goya submitted an oil cartoon depcting the blind guitatist to the Royal Tapestry Factory of Santa Barbara in Madrid for it to be woven into a tapestry. Because of the complexity of the design it proved too difficult for the weavers to interpret and alterations had to be made. This etching - his largest ever and the only print after one of his own works - is thought to record his first design before he modified it. The modified cartoon is today in the Museo del Prado, Madrid. Goya recognized the ability of the etching medium to convey minute detail and in this print, he emphasises the different expressions of those surrounding the guitarist. Few impresions of this print are known. This is a working proof touched by the artist with graphite.