Per Krafft the Elder, 1758 - A Boy Reading - fine art print

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In 1758 the male Swedish artist Per Krafft the Elder made the artwork "A Boy Reading". The over 260 years old original was made with the size: Height: 63,5 cm (25 ″); Width: 48,8 cm (19,2 ″) Framed: Height: 71,5 cm (28,1 ″); Width: 86 cm (33,8 ″); Depth: 9 cm (3,5 ″). Oil on canvas was used by the Swedish painter as the technique for the work of art. Moveover, this piece of art is in the the Nationalmuseum Stockholm's art collection, which is Sweden's museum of art and design, a Swedish government authority with a mandatet o preserve cultural heritage and promote art, interest in art and knowledge of art. With courtesy of - Nationalmuseum Stockholm & Wikimedia Commons (licensed: public domain).Besides, the work of art has the creditline: . What is more, the alignment is portrait with a side ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

Item materials which you can choose from:

In the product dropdown lists you can select the size and materialaccording to your preferences. We allow yout to choose among the following variants:

• Aluminium dibond: An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with a true effect of depth - for a modern look and a non-reflective surface structure. For our Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your selected work of art on the aluminium surface. This print on Aluminum Dibond is the most popular entry-level product and is a stylish way to showcase artworks, as it draws attention on the replica of the artwork.
• Printed acrylic glass (with real glass coating): The print on acrylic glass, often labelled as a print on plexiglass, will transform your original work of art into wall decoration. With a glossy acrylic glass fine art print contrasts and small color details will be more visible thanks to the granular gradation in the picture. Our acrylic glass protects your custom art replica against light and external influences for many more years to come.
• Canvas: A canvas direct print is a printed canvas stretched on a wooden frame. It generates a special look of three-dimensionality. What is more, canvas creates a soft and appealing appearance. Canvas Prints have the advantage of being low in weight, which means that it is easy and straightforward to hang your Canvas print without the support of any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suitable for all kinds of walls.
• The poster print (canvas material): The poster is a printed sheet of flat canvas paper with a slight structure on the surface, that resembles the original masterpiece. Please note, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin of approximately 2 - 6cm round about the work of art, which facilitates the framing with your custom frame.

Important note: We try our utmost in order to depict our art products as clearly as possible and to display them visually. Still, the colors of the print materials, as well as the print result might vary to a certain extent from the image on your device's monitor. Depending on your settings of your screen and the condition of the surface, not all color pigments can be printed 100% realistically. Since the art reproductions are printed and processed by hand, there might also be slight deviations in the motif's size and exact position.

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Additional description by the museum (© - Nationalmuseum Stockholm - Nationalmuseum Stockholm)

Beskrivning på inventarieblanketten: Målningen framställer en pojke sittande vid ett bord med huvudet lutat i handen och en uppslagen bok framför sig. Han är framställt med eget, fritt fallande hår samt enkel men prydlig skjorta och sidknäppt jacka. Teknik: Olja på duk uppfodrad på masonit Kommentar: Målningen utgör ursprungsversionen av NM 985 Utställningar: Fem stora gustavianer, Nationalmuseum 1943, kat. nr 136 Litteratur: Hillevi Petterson, Porträttmålaren Per Krafft d.ä.:s verksamhet utomlands 1749-1768, Stockholms universitet 1994 s. 57.