Ecole crétoise, 1600 - John the Hermit and scenes from his life - fine art print

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This piece of art John the Hermit and scenes from his life was created by the artist Ecole crétoise. The masterpiece had the dimensions - Height: 34,5 cm, Width: 28,2 cm. Tempera, Wood (material) was applied by the artist as the technique for the artwork. The artpiece has the following text as inscrption: Registration - Registration on philactère that takes the character at the top right: "Io adelphe anise elthe pros Hymas". Moveover, this artpiece is in the the Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris's collection. With courtesy of: Petit Palais Paris (licensed: public domain).In addition, the artpiece has the creditline: . What is more, the alignment is in portrait format and has a ratio of 1 : 1.2, which implies that the length is 20% shorter than the width.

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• Canvas print: The printed canvas, not to be confused with a painting on a canvas, is a digital replica applied onto cotton canvas material. A canvas print of this masterpiece will let you turn your art print into a large size artpiece like you know from galleries. A canvas print has the great advantage of being relatively low in weight, meaning that it is easy to hang up your Canvas print without the support of any wall-mounts. Hence, canvas prints are suited for any kind of wall.
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Original artwork specifications by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris (© - by Petit Palais - Musée des Beaux-arts de la Ville de Paris - www.petitpalais.paris.fr)

The silhouette of the hermit holding a cross stands out against a landscape in which are represented various episodes of the saint's life. On the right side you can see the ship on which the monks had embarked, while a little lower, one of his companions goes to the saint abandoned his island a roll where it is written: "Brother John, come so to us. " Further down, he crossed the sea in its strange boat to join the community of monks represented all united in a compact mass, from which emerges a scroll with the inscription: "Woe to him who neglected the ceremonies ...". On the other side of the central effigy down, a young man in his bow to the saint, and above, he falls on his knees before his victim whose body is then ensured by two angels.

Project location: Made in Crete

John the Hermit (saint)

religious figure - Divinity, Hermit, Lives of the Saints, Cross, Halo, Monk, Angel