Picture "The Threatened Swan" (ca. 1650), framed
Picture "The Threatened Swan" (ca. 1650), framed
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limited, 199 copies | numbered | certificate | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | on stretcher frame | framed | size approx. 67 x 78 cm (h/w)
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Picture "The Threatened Swan" (ca. 1650), framed
A swan fiercely defends its nest against a dog. In later centuries, this conflict was interpreted as a political allegory: The white swan was seen as a symbol of the Dutch statesman Johan de Witt (assassinated in 1672), protecting the country from its enemies. This meaning was attributed to the painting when it became the very first acquisition to enter the Nationale Kunstgalerij (the predecessor of the Rijksmuseum) in 1800.
Original: ca. 1650, oil on canvas, 144 x 171 cm. Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum.
Reproduced using the Fine Art Giclée process directly onto artist's canvas and mounted on a stretcher frame for a brilliant, authentic reproduction. Limited edition of 199 copies, numbered on the back, with certificate. Framed in a handcrafted, golden solid wood frame with metal leaf. Size approx. 67 x 78 cm (h/w).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
Term used to describe the art of the 17th century. The Baroque art style, which originated in Rome around 1600, quickly spread through the visual arts, literature, and music across nerly all of Europe, lasting in the visual arts until 1770. The final phase is generally characterised by Rococo.
Characteristic features include: the pulsating movement of all forms, the abolition of boundaries between architecture, painting, and sculpture, leading to the typical "Gesamtkunstwerk" ("total work of art"), and, above all, the purposeful use of light, which became an important artistic component. The subordination of the individual parts to the whole resulted in the creation of a unified yet dynamic space, which is fully expressed in the magnificent buildings of this period.
The Baroque art, with its penchant for grandeur, splendour, and rushing abundance, clearly reflects the desire for representation, which was a concern of secular and ecclesiastical, especially the Catholic patrons strengthened by the Counter-Reformation. In painting, characteristic features of the Baroque, are manifested in altar and ceiling painting, history scences and portraits.
Typical representatives include artists such as Anthony van Dyck, Peter Paul Rubens, as well as Gian Lorenzo Bernini in the field of sculpture.
Giclée = derived from the French verb gicler "to squirt, to spray".
The Giclée method is a digital printing process. It is a high-resolution, large-format print produced with an inkjet printer using special different-coloured dye- or pigment-based inks (usually six to twelve). The inks are lightfast, meaning they are resistant to harmful UV light. They provide a high level of nuance, contrast, and saturation.
The Giclée process is suitable for art canvases, handmade paper and watercolour paper as well as silk.