William Blake, 1799 - The Angel Appearing to Zacharias - fine art print

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  • Canvas: The printed canvas, which should not be confused with a real painting on a canvas, is a digital copy printed on an industrial printing machine. It makes the unique look of three-dimensionality. A canvas print has the advantage of being relatively low in weight, meaning that it is quite simple to hang up the Canvas print without the support of extra wall-mounts. A canvas print is suitable for any type of wall.
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Additional specifications by the museum's website (© - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Blake devoted much of the year 1799–1800 to fifty visionary scenes drawn from the Bible, a commission he received from his principal patron, the government clerk Thomas Butts. About thirty of these works have been identified; it is thought that some have not survived owing to the fragility of the materials. This scene, the earliest in the New Testament narrative cycle, illustrates verses from Luke (I:11–13), in which Gabriel appears to the righteous Zacharias, a high priest of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, to announce that Zacharias’s elderly and barren wife will give birth to a son, Saint John the Baptist.

The Angel Appearing to Zacharias as art replica

This artpiece titled The Angel Appearing to Zacharias was painted by the artist William Blake in 1799. The version of the artwork was painted with the following size: 10 1/2 x 15 in (26,7 x 38,1 cm) and was painted with the technique of pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas. What is more, this artwork is included in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art's digital 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 public domain artpiece is provided with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951. The creditline of the artpiece is: Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951. In addition to this, the alignment is in landscape format with a side ratio of 1.4 : 1, which means that the length is 40% longer than the width. William Blake was a writer, poet, engraver, illustrator, painter, theologian, collector, philosopher, lithographer of British nationality, whose artistic style can mainly be classified as Symbolism. The artist was born in the year 1757 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom and died at the age of 70 in 1827.

Structured information on the piece of art

Title of the artpiece: "The Angel Appearing to Zacharias"
Classification: painting
General category: classic art
Time: 18th century
Artpiece year: 1799
Artwork age: more than 220 years
Artwork original medium: pen and black ink, tempera, and glue size on canvas
Size of the original work of art: 10 1/2 x 15 in (26,7 x 38,1 cm)
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum location: New York City, New York, United States of America
Website of the museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
License: public domain
Courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951
Creditline of artwork: Bequest of William Church Osborn, 1951

Structured product details

Product categorization: art copy
Reproduction: digital reproduction
Production process: digital printing (UV direct print)
Product Origin: manufactured in Germany
Stock type: on demand
Intended product usage: gallery wall, wall picture
Orientation of the image: landscape alignment
Side ratio: length : width - 1.4 : 1
Implication of side aspect ratio: the length is 40% longer than the width
Materials available: canvas print, poster print (canvas paper), metal print (aluminium dibond), acrylic glass print (with real glass coating)
Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) sizes: 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39"
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39"
Poster print (canvas paper) size options: 70x50cm - 28x20"
Aluminium print size options: 70x50cm - 28x20", 140x100cm - 55x39"
Framing of the art reproduction: unframed reproduction

General background information on the artist

Name: William Blake
Other artist names: Blake William, בליק ויליאם, Bleĭk Uilʹi︠a︡m, Blake, William Blake, Blake W., Bleik Uil'iam, בלייק ויליאם
Gender: male
Nationality: British
Professions of the artist: philosopher, illustrator, writer, collector, theologian, poet, lithographer, painter, engraver
Country of the artist: the United Kingdom
Artist classification: old master
Styles of the artist: Symbolism
Lifetime: 70 years
Year born: 1757
Place of birth: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Died in the year: 1827
Died in (place): London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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