Picture "Ships on a Calm Sea in the Evening Light" (1685), framed
Picture "Ships on a Calm Sea in the Evening Light" (1685), framed
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limited, 199 copies | numbered certificate | reproduction, Giclée print on canvas | artist's varnish | on stretcher frame | framed | size 56 x 64 cm (h/w)
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Picture "Ships on a Calm Sea in the Evening Light" (1685), framed
Original: Oil on canvas, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig (a permanent loan from the Speck von Sternburg Foundation).
High-quality reproduction using the Fine Art Giclée process, worked by hand in a patented process onto an artist's canvas and traditionally stretched on a wooden stretcher frame. The surface of the motif with a linen structure that can be felt and seen and an additional hand-applied brush structure based on the original emphasises the painting-like effect. Sealed with artist's varnish. In handmade studio frame in antique gold with Bolognese brown. Limited edition of 199 copies, with a numbered certificate on the back. Size 56 x 64 cm (h/w).
Producer: ars mundi Edition Max Büchner GmbH, Bödekerstraße 13, 30161 Hanover, Germany, [email protected]
About Willem van de Velde
1633-1707
The Dutch Baroque painter Willem van de Velde the Younger is probably the most famous marine painter in art history. He has also been given the nickname "Raphael of marine painting".
He was initially instructed by the marine painter Simon de Vlieger, whose atmospheric seascapes became a constant model for Willem. His father Willem van de Velde the Elder was also a marine draughtsman. Willem van de Velde the Elder was commissioned like a reporter to document sea battles and the ships of the Dutch and also foreign fleets. His son liked to use his sketches to paint fictitious compositions of particular colouristic charm. In 1672, father and son van de Velde moved to England. There they were engaged to the court of Charles II, where the two painters received several exceptional privileges as an expression of the king's esteem.
The works of Willem the Younger continue to influence many artists concerned with the depiction of seafaring to this day. Particularly admirable are the paintings of calm seas – with enchanting water reflections and breath-taking light.
His main works can be found in the National Gallery in London, the Bridgewater Gallery, private collections and the Imperial Museum in Amsterdam.
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.