Fine Art Poster
From £37
A giclée print on 200gsm matte fine art paper, using a twelve-colour process for accurate, fade-resistant colour. Supplied unframed, delivered flat or rolled.
Sofonisba tar emot bägaren - Mattia Preti
Ordinarie pris
£37.00 GBP
Reapris
£37.00 GBP
Ordinarie pris
Arkivbeständigt giclée-tryck
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Beskrivning
En dramatisk barockhistorisk målning av Mattia Preti, som föreställer den tragiska karthagiska adelskvinnan Sophonisba som tar emot en dödlig dryck.
Mattia Preti, en ledande gestalt inom den neapolitanska barocken, skildrar den karthagiska adelskvinnan Sophonisbas dramatiska sista ögonblick. Enligt historiska källor valde Sophonisba att dricka gift snarare än att utstå förödmjukelsen att paradera genom Rom som fånge hos Scipio Africanus. Berättelsen kretsar kring ögonblicket då hon tar emot kärlet med den dödliga drycken, levererat av en budbärare. Preti använder en tenebristisk teknik, där han utnyttjar djupa skuggor för att isolera figurerna mot en mörk, stämningsfull bakgrund. Ljuskällan är riktad för att belysa den centrala interaktionen och drar betraktarens öga till silverbägaren och deltagarnas ansiktsuttryck. Kompositionen är strukturerad med en teatralisk känsla, typisk för konstnärens mogna period på Malta. Figurerna är återgivna med fokus på taktila egenskaper, från den metalliska glansen i budbärarens rustning till de tunga, texturerade vecken i Sophonisbas kläder. En putto svävar i övre vänstra hörnet, ett vanligt motiv i barockkompositioner som lägger till ett lager av klassisk allegori till scenen. Målningen visar Pretids mästerskap i dramatisk iscensättning och hans förmåga att förmedla psykologisk spänning genom gester och kroppshållning. Sophonisbas stoiska beslutsamhet kontrasterar med de omgivande figurernas allvar, vilket skapar en känsla av tyst gravitas. Paletten domineras av jordfärger, djupa ockrafärger och dämpade röda nyanser, vilket bidrar till den historiska tragedins dystra stämning. Detta verk förblir ett representativt exempel på konstnärens bidrag till 1600-talets italienska måleri, vilket speglar periodens intresse för klassiska teman tolkade genom en förstärkt, känslomässig lins.
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Sofonisba tar emot bägaren - Mattia Preti
Ordinarie pris
Från £30.00 GBP
Reapris
Från £30.00 GBP
Ordinarie pris
Fine Art Poster / Small Square (30x30 cm) / -
Artist Biography
Mattia Preti
Preti painted frescoes on the gates of Naples during the 1656 plague. The city was dying around him; he painted anyway. The works have not survived, but they cemented his reputation as a painter who could work under any conditions. He was known as "Il Cavalier Calabrese" after being appointed a Knight of the Order of Saint John in 1660.
He was born in Taverna, Calabria, in 1613 and moved to Rome in 1630 to join his elder brother Gregorio, already a painter there. His style combined Caravaggio's drama with the colour of Guido Reni and the theatricality of Rubens. In 1661 he moved to Malta, where he spent his most productive decades painting the vast ceiling cycle of the life of Saint John the Baptist in Valletta's Co-Cathedral (1661 to 1666). The scale of the Maltese work, covering the entire barrel vault, is among the largest fresco programmes of the seventeenth century. He is buried in the Co-Cathedral alongside fellow Knights.
His colour sensibility, drawn from Reni and filtered through Roman experience, gives even his most dramatically lit compositions a warmth that separates him from the colder tenebrism of other Caravaggisti. He died in 1699, at eighty-six, having worked across Italy and Malta for nearly seven decades.
He was born in Taverna, Calabria, in 1613 and moved to Rome in 1630 to join his elder brother Gregorio, already a painter there. His style combined Caravaggio's drama with the colour of Guido Reni and the theatricality of Rubens. In 1661 he moved to Malta, where he spent his most productive decades painting the vast ceiling cycle of the life of Saint John the Baptist in Valletta's Co-Cathedral (1661 to 1666). The scale of the Maltese work, covering the entire barrel vault, is among the largest fresco programmes of the seventeenth century. He is buried in the Co-Cathedral alongside fellow Knights.
His colour sensibility, drawn from Reni and filtered through Roman experience, gives even his most dramatically lit compositions a warmth that separates him from the colder tenebrism of other Caravaggisti. He died in 1699, at eighty-six, having worked across Italy and Malta for nearly seven decades.
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- Giclée-tryck i museikvalitet för fylliga, blekningsbeständiga färger
- Arkivbeständigt matt konstpapper, FSC-certifierat
- Flera storlekar och inramningsalternativ tillgängliga
- Ramar i svart, naturträ, mörkt trä eller vitt
- Inramade tryck levereras klara att hänga upp
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- Undvik långvarigt direkt solljus
- Använd aldrig flytande rengöringsmedel på trycket eller dukytan
- Förvara på en torr plats i rumstemperatur
- Hantera tryck med rena, torra händer
Material och storlek
Gicléeutskrift av museikvalitet på FSC-certifierat matt arkivpapper, med inramade alternativ och alternativ på canvas.
- Pappersstorlekar: A4, A3, A2, A1, A0 och B2 (50×70 cm)
- Canvas: XS (20×30 cm) till Large (60×90 cm)
- Ramar: svart, naturligt trä, mörkt trä eller vit
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Every piece is printed to order. These are the five finishes, and what makes each one different.
Fine Art Framed
From £59
The same fine art print in a solid wood frame with UV-protective acrylic glaze and rigid backing. Five frame colours. Arrives ready to hang.
Premium Box Frame
From £95
A deeper solid wood frame: 33mm deep with a 20mm face and Perspex glaze. The print sits unmounted for a clean gallery presentation. Black, white or natural.
Canvas
From £30
Hand-stretched canvas with neat gallery-wrapped edges, giving the artwork surface texture and depth. Arrives ready to hang.
Framed Canvas
From £135
Stretched canvas set in a floating wood frame, our most substantial finish. Arrives ready to hang.
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Artistbiografi
Mattia Preti
Preti painted frescoes on the gates of Naples during the 1656 plague. The city was dying around him; he painted anyway. The works have not survived, but they cemented his reputation as a painter who could work under any conditions. He was known as "Il Cavalier Calabrese" after being appointed a Knight of the Order of Saint John in 1660.
He was born in Taverna, Calabria, in 1613 and moved to Rome in 1630 to join his elder brother Gregorio, already a painter there. His style combined Caravaggio's drama with the colour of Guido Reni and the theatricality of Rubens. In 1661 he moved to Malta, where he spent his most productive decades painting the vast ceiling cycle of the life of Saint John the Baptist in Valletta's Co-Cathedral (1661 to 1666). The scale of the Maltese work, covering the entire barrel vault, is among the largest fresco programmes of the seventeenth century. He is buried in the Co-Cathedral alongside fellow Knights.
His colour sensibility, drawn from Reni and filtered through Roman experience, gives even his most dramatically lit compositions a warmth that separates him from the colder tenebrism of other Caravaggisti. He died in 1699, at eighty-six, having worked across Italy and Malta for nearly seven decades.
He was born in Taverna, Calabria, in 1613 and moved to Rome in 1630 to join his elder brother Gregorio, already a painter there. His style combined Caravaggio's drama with the colour of Guido Reni and the theatricality of Rubens. In 1661 he moved to Malta, where he spent his most productive decades painting the vast ceiling cycle of the life of Saint John the Baptist in Valletta's Co-Cathedral (1661 to 1666). The scale of the Maltese work, covering the entire barrel vault, is among the largest fresco programmes of the seventeenth century. He is buried in the Co-Cathedral alongside fellow Knights.
His colour sensibility, drawn from Reni and filtered through Roman experience, gives even his most dramatically lit compositions a warmth that separates him from the colder tenebrism of other Caravaggisti. He died in 1699, at eighty-six, having worked across Italy and Malta for nearly seven decades.
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