Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1545 - Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560) - fine art print

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Bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2561), 1912; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1951

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• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): An acrylic glass print, which is sometimes labelled as a print on plexiglass, makes the original into wall décor and makes a viable alternative to dibond or canvas fine art prints. Our plexiglass with real glass coating protects your custom art replica against light and external influences for many years.
• Canvas print: A printed canvas, not to be confused with a canvas painting, is an image printed on an industrial printer. Further, a canvas generates a lively, comfortable ambience. A canvas print of your favorite artpiece will let you turn your personal art print into a large work of art like you would see in a real gallery. A canvas print has the advantage of being low in weight, which implies that it is easy to hang the Canvas print without the support of extra wall-mounts. A canvas print is suitable for any type of wall.
• Printed poster on canvas material: A poster print is a UV printed flat canvas with a slightly rough texture on the surface, that resembles the original masterpiece. The print poster is suited for putting the fine art print in a personal frame. Please bear in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin 2-6cm round about the artwork to facilitate the framing with a custom frame.
• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): This is a metal print manufactured on alu dibond material with a true depth effect. The Aluminium Dibond Print is the best start to fine replicas with aluminum. For the Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print the chosen artwork on the surface of the aluminum composite. The white and bright components of the original artpiece shine with a silk gloss but without glow.

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"Portrait of Philipp Melanchton (1497-1560)" was by the artist Lucas Cranach the Elder in 1545. The over 470 year-old original version had the exact size height: 36 cm width: 23 cm | height: 14,2 in width: 9,1 in. Oil on panel was applied by the European painter as the technique for the masterpiece. Signed: L is the painting's original inscription. Besides, this work of art can be viewed in in the Mauritshuis's collection, which the Mauritshuis is home to the best artworks of Dutch painting of the seventeenth century. We are happy to reference that this artwork, which belongs to the public domain is included with courtesy of Mauritshuis, The Hague. The creditline of the artwork is the following: Bequest of Cornelis Hoogendijk to the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (inv. no. SK-A-2561), 1912; on long-term loan from the Rijksmuseum, since 1951. What is more, the alignment is in portrait format and has an aspect ratio of 2 : 3, which means that the length is 33% shorter than the width. Lucas Cranach the Elder was a male painter of German nationality, whose style can be classified as Northern Renaissance. The artist was born in the year 1472 in Kronach, Bavaria, Germany and passed away at the age of 81 in 1553.

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