Petrus Christus, 1445 - Head of Christ - fine art print

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This intimate image of Christ’s head, intended for private devotion, derives from a lost picture of the Holy Face by Jan van Eyck, now known only through copies. Following the Eyckian composition, Petrus Christus treated the head like a portrait by surrounding it with a fictive frame, thereby underscoring the physical immediacy of Christ. His depiction differs from the prototype, however, in presenting Christ with furrowed brow, the crown of thorns, and drops of blood running down his forehead and onto his chest. These details stimulated a more compassionate reflection on the crucified Christ’s suffering by engaging the empathy of the viewer.

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• Poster print (canvas material): The poster print is a printed flat canvas paper with a slight finish on the surface. The poster print is optimally suited for framing your art replica in a personal frame. Please note, that depending on the size of the poster print we add a white margin of around 2-6cm around the print motif to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.
• Canvas: The canvas print, which should not be mistaken with a painting on a canvas, is a digital copy printed on an industrial printer. Hanging a canvas print: Canvas prints are relatively low in weight, which means that it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without extra wall-mounts. Hence, a canvas print is suitable for all types of walls.
• Aluminium dibond print: Aluminium Dibond prints are prints on metal with an impressive effect of depth. The white and bright parts of the original artpiece shine with a silky gloss but without glare. The colors are luminous in the highest definition, details of the print are crisp, and you can really notice a matte appearance of the print.
• The acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): A glossy print on acrylic glass, which is often denoted as a UV print on plexiglass, will transform the original artwork into great home decoration and forms a good alternative option to canvas and aluminidum dibond prints. The work of art will be made with modern UV direct print technology. This has the effect of deep, vivid colors.

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In 1445 Petrus Christus painted this northern renaissance artpiece called "Head of Christ". The original version measures the size: Overall 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in (14,9 x 10,8 cm); parchment 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in (14,6 x 10,5 cm) and was crafted with oil on parchment, laid down on wood. The artwork is included in the art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 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.. The classic art masterpiece, which is part of the public domain is being provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959. Moreover, the artpiece has the following creditline: Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, 1959. Moreover, alignment is portrait and has an aspect ratio of 3 : 4, which implies that the length is 25% shorter than the width. The Netherlandish painter, born ca. Petrus Christus was a European artist, whose artistic style was mainly Northern Renaissance. The Dutch artist was born in 1444 in Baarle-Hertog, Antwerpen province, Flanders, Belgium and died at the age of 32 in the year 1476 in Bruges, West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium.

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