Francisque Millet - Mercury and Battus - fine art print

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The artpiece Mercury and Battus was created by the male French artist Francisque Millet. The original had the following size: 47 x 70 in (119,4 x 177,8 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the medium of the piece of art. The artpiece is included in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital collection, which is located in New York City, New York, United States of America. The public domain masterpiece is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Creditline of the artwork: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929. Furthermore, alignment of the digital reproduction is landscape and has a side ratio of 1.4 : 1, which implies that the length is 40% longer than the width. Francisque Millet was a male painter from France, whose artistic style can mainly be attributed to Baroque. The Baroque painter lived for a total of 37 years and was born in the year 1642 in Antwerp, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and deceased in 1679.

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The story of the old shepherd Battus, who, having witnessed Mercury's theft of a herd of cattle, promised not to disclose the secret, is recounted in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (II: 668 ff.). When tested by the god, shown here in the guise of a young shepherd, he pointed to the foot of the mountain where the cattle were hidden. Mercury then turned him into a stone. The picture was once attributed to Poussin. Its authorship is established by an engraving bearing Millet's name.

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• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): The print on acrylic glass, which is often named as a print on plexiglass, transforms your favorite original artwork into brilliant décor. With an acrylic glass fine art print contrasts and small painting details become visible thanks to the precise tonal gradation. Our acrylic glass protects your custom art replica against light and external influences for many years to come.
• Metal print (aluminium dibond): An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with an outstanding depth, which creates a modern impression throuch a surface structure, which is not reflective. The Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is your excellent start to reproductions on aluminum. The bright and white sections of the original artwork shine with a silky gloss, however without glow. The colors of the print are luminous and vivid in the highest definition, fine details of the print are crisp, and you can feel the matte appearance.
• Printed poster on canvas material: The Artprinta poster print is a UV printed sheet of canvas paper with a nice surface structure. It is optimally used for putting the 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 2-6cm around the painting in order to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.
• Canvas: The printed canvas material stretched on a wood stretcher frame. It generates the special effect of three dimensionality. Additionally, a canvas generates a lovely and pleasing impression. Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy and straightforward to hang your Canvas print without extra wall-mounts. Therefore, a canvas print is suited for all kinds of walls.

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