Johannes Vermeer, 1656 - A Maid Asleep - fine art print

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In 1656 Johannes Vermeer created this painting "A Maid Asleep". The artwork was painted with the size: 34 1/2 x 30 1/8 in (87,6 x 76,5 cm) and was painted on the medium oil on canvas. Nowadays, this piece of art is in the the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection, 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.. This artpiece, which is part of the public domain is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. Additionally, the artwork has the following creditline: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is in portrait format with a side ratio of 1 : 1.2, which means that the length is 20% shorter than the width. The painter, art collector Johannes Vermeer was a European artist, whose style was primarily Baroque. The Dutch painter lived for 43 years - born in 1632 and passed away in 1675.

Original artwork specifications by The Metropolitan Museum of Art (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The misbehavior of unsupervised maidservants was a common subject for seventeenth-century Dutch painters. Yet in his depiction of a young maid dozing next to a glass of wine, Vermeer transfigured an ordinary scene into an investigation of light, color, and texture that supersedes any moralizing lesson. While the toppled glass at left (now abraded with time) and rumpled table carpet may indicate a recently departed visitor, X-radiographs indicate that Vermeer chose to remove a male figure he had originally included standing in the door­way, heightening the painting’s ambiguity.

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The material choices

For every product we offer different sizes & materials. The following options are available for individualization:

• Canvas print: The canvas print, which shall not be confused with a canvas painting, is an image printed onto cotton canvas. Besides, canvas generates a homelike and positive effect. Canvas Prints have the advantage of being relatively low in weight, which implies that it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without any wall-mounts. Hence, a canvas print is suited for all kinds of walls.
• Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): An Aluminium Dibond print is a print with a true depth. The Aluminium Dibond Print is your best start to art prints manufactured on aluminum. For our Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your chosen artpiece onto the surface of the aluminum composite. The bright & white parts of the work of art shine with a silky gloss, however without any glow. This UV print on aluminium is the most popular entry-level product and is a truly sophisticated way to showcase fine art reproductions, since it draws attention on the artwork.
• Poster print (canvas material): The poster print is a printed canvas with a granular finish on the surface. It is best appropriate for putting your fine art print 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 round about the artwork, which facilitates the framing with your custom frame.
• The acrylic glass print (with real glass coating on top): A glossy acrylic glass print, which is often denoted as a print on plexiglass, transforms the original artwork into beautiful wall décor. In addition to that, the acrylic print forms a distinct alternative to dibond and canvas fine art prints. With a glossy acrylic glass fine art print contrasts and small artwork details will be exposed thanks to the precise gradation in the picture.

The product

Important legal note: We try everythig possible to describe the products as closely as it is possible and to demonstrate them visually on the respective product detail pages. Although, the tone of the printed materials and the print result may diverge slightly from the image on your device's screen. Depending on your settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, not all colors will be printed as realisitcally as the digital version on this website. Considering that all the are printed and processed by hand, there may also be slight deviations in the size and exact position of the motif.

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