George Vertue, 1747 - John Milton, Age 21 - fine art print

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Shown aged twenty-one, the poet wears a ruff and is surrounded by an elaborate frame. Below, busts of Homer and Virgil sit over a poem by Dryden. Created as the frontispiece for a volume published by George Vertue in 1731, this is a 1747 reissue with the poem added. The image derives from an anonymous oil portrait now at the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Structured artwork details

Artwork title: "John Milton, Age 21"
Classification: painting
Broad category: classic art
Temporal classification: 18th century
Year of creation: 1747
Artwork age: over 270 years
Original medium of artwork: engraving
Original size: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 11/16 in (23,8 × 17 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in (26,2 × 19,7 cm)
Exhibited in: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location of the museum: New York City, New York, United States of America
Available at: www.metmuseum.org
License: public domain
Courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958
Creditline: Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958

Structured artist metadata

Artist name: George Vertue
Alternative names: Mr. Vertue, G. Vertue, Virtue, ורטי ג'ורג', Vertue, Virtue George, George Vertue, Vertue George
Gender of the artist: male
Artist nationality: British
Professions: engraver, painter, antiquarian
Country of the artist: the United Kingdom
Artist classification: old master
Lifetime: 72 years
Born in the year: 1684
Birthplace: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Year died: 1756
Died in (place): London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

About the item

Print prodct: wall art
Reproduction method: reproduction in digital format
Manufacturing method: UV direct printing
Provenance: German production
Type of stock: production on demand
Product usage: wall picture, wall gallery
Alignment of the image: portrait alignment
Image aspect ratio: length to width 3 : 4
Interpretation of side aspect ratio: the length is 25% shorter than the width
Available variants: metal print (aluminium dibond), poster print (canvas paper), canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating)
Canvas print (canvas on stretcher frame): 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63"
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) options: 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47"
Poster print (canvas paper) size options: 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47"
Aluminium print (aluminium dibond material): 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47"
Art print framing: not included

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We offer a range of different materials and sizes for every product. In order match your personal requirements perfectly, you can choose among the following product customization options:

  • The canvas print: The canvas print is a printed cotton canvas mounted on a wooden stretcher. Besides, printed canvas generates a attractive and comfortable appearance. Canvas Prints have the advantage of being relatively low in weight, which means that it is easy and straightforward to hang the Canvas print without extra wall-mounts. That is why, canvas prints are suitable for any type of wall.
  • Metal (aluminium dibond print): An Aluminium Dibond print is a print material with an impressive depth effect. The Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is the perfect start to art prints with aluminum. For the Direct Aluminium Dibond option, we print your artwork onto the aluminium white-primed surface.
  • Acrylic glass print: A glossy print on acrylic glass, often named a UV print on plexiglass, changes the original into stunning wall decoration. Furthermore, the acrylic art print offers a great alternative to aluminium or canvas art prints. Your favorite work of art will be printed with the help of state-of-the-art UV print machines. The image effect of this are vibrant and sharp colors. The great advantage of a plexiglass fine art copy is that sharp contrasts and granular image details will be more recognizeable thanks to the delicate tonal gradation.
  • The poster print (canvas material): A poster print is a printed canvas paper with a fine surface texture, that reminds the original artwork. It is best designed for placing the art copy with the help of a custom frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster we add a white margin 2-6cm round about the artwork in order to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.

The print product offering

John Milton, Age 21 was by George Vertue. The original version measures the size: Plate: 9 3/8 × 6 11/16 in (23,8 × 17 cm) Sheet: 10 5/16 × 7 3/4 in (26,2 × 19,7 cm) and was painted with the medium engraving. This piece of art can be viewed in in the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York, United States of America. The artwork, which is in the public domain is included with courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958. The creditline of the artpiece is: Gift of Louise Bechtel, 1958. What is more, the alignment of the digital reproduction is portrait and has a ratio of 3 : 4, which means that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

Legal disclaimer: We do what we can in order to describe the products in as much detail as possible and to illustrate them visually on the respective product detail pages. Still, the tone of the printing material and the imprint may diverge marginally from the representation on the device's screen. Depending on your screen settings and the quality of the surface, not all color pigments can be printed as exactly as the digital version depicted here. Since all art reproductions are processed and printed manually, there may as well be slight discrepancies in the exact position and the size of the motif.

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