Gaston Mélingue, 1882 - Don Alfonso d'Este - fine art print

39,99 €

Tax included. Shipping calculated at checkout.

The more than 130 year old work of art was painted by the painter Gaston Mélingue in the year 1882. The original version was made with the size of Height: 31 cm, Width: 24 cm. The artwork's inscription is - Signature - Bottom right "Gaston Melingue 1882". The piece of art forms part of the digital art collection of Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House. With courtesy of: Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House (public domain license).: . Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has a side ratio of 3 : 4, which implies that the length is 25% shorter than the width.

Select your product material

In the dropdown selection next to the product offering you can choose your individual material and size. We allow you to pick your favorite size and material among the following product individualization options:

  • Aluminium dibond: An Aluminium Dibond print is a print material with an outstanding depth effect, which creates a contemporary impression throuch a non-reflective surface structure. For the Direct Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print the artpiece onto the aluminium white-primed surface. The bright & white parts of the original work of art shine with a silk gloss, however without any glow. This print on Aluminum Dibond is the most popular entry-level product and is an extremely contemporary way to showcase fine art prints, because it draws focus on the image.
  • Printed poster (canvas material): The Artprinta poster print is a printed canvas with a granular surface finish. It is perfectly designed for placing the art copy in a custom frame. Please keep in mind, that depending on the size of the canvas poster print we add a white margin between 2-6 cm round about the painting, which facilitates the framing.
  • Acrylic glass print: A glossy acrylic glass print, which is sometimes named as a print on plexiglass, transforms your favorite artwork into beautiful home décor. The artwork will be custom-made thanks to modern UV print technology. This has the image effect of stunning, vivid color tones. With an acrylic glass art print contrasts and also small painting details will be more identifiable because of the granular gradation in the picture.
  • Canvas: A printed canvas, which shall not be confused with a real artwork painted on a canvas, is an image printed from an industrial printer. A canvas makes a typical effect of three dimensionality. Hanging a canvas print: A canvas print has the advantage of being relatively low in weight, which implies that it is easy to hang up the Canvas print without any wall-mounts. A canvas print is suitable for all kinds of walls.

Legal note: We try the best we can to depict our products as closely as possible and to display them visually. Still, the colors of the printing material and the printing can differ somehwat from the representation on the device's monitor. Depending on your settings of your screen and the nature of the surface, colors can unfortunately not be printed 100% realistically. Since all our fine art prints are processed and printed manually, there may as well be minor variations in the size and exact position of the motif.

About the article

Print product type: fine art reproduction
Reproduction: digital reproduction
Manufacturing process: UV print / digital printing
Production: manufactured in Germany
Stock type: production on demand
Product use: home design, home décor
Alignment of the artwork: portrait alignment
Side ratio: length : width - 3 : 4
Aspect ratio meaning: the length is 25% shorter than the width
Available material variants: canvas print, acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), poster print (canvas paper), metal print (aluminium dibond)
Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) variants: 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63"
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) variants: 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47", 120x160cm - 47x63"
Poster print (canvas paper) options: 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47"
Aluminium print (aluminium dibond material): 30x40cm - 12x16", 60x80cm - 24x31", 90x120cm - 35x47"
Art print framing: not available

Structured table of the artpiece

Title of the artpiece: "Don Alfonso d'Este"
Artwork categorization: painting
General category: modern art
Period: 19th century
Year: 1882
Age of artwork: around 130 years old
Original size (artwork): Height: 31 cm, Width: 24 cm
Signature: Signature - Bottom right "Gaston Melingue 1882"
Museum / location: Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House
Place of museum: Paris, France
Museum's webpage: Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House
License type: public domain
Courtesy of: Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House

Artist summary

Artist name: Gaston Mélingue
Professions of the artist: painter
Artist category: modern artist
Died aged: 74 years
Year born: 1840
Birthplace: Paris
Died: 1914
Deceased in (place): Paris

© Copyright - intellectual property of | Artprinta.com (Artprinta)

Additional specifications by the museum (© Copyright - by Maison de Victor Hugo - Hauteville House - www.maisonsvictorhugo.paris.fr)

Illustration of the play by Victor Hugo "lucere Borgia", Act II, Scene I, according to the stage directions: "A room of the ducal palace of Ferrara - Tapestry leather Hungary minted golden arabesques beautiful furnishings in.. the taste of the late fifteenth century - the ducal chair in red velvet, embroidered with the arms of the house of Este;. beside a table covered with velvet "the Duke is holding a key, corresponding to the first. sentence his tirade: "Take this key, go to the gallery of Numa." this is part of greyness illustartions for chapter "Lucrezia Borgia" in the "Guestbook Victor Hugo" which is reproduced between pages 136- 137.

The work served as a model for the piece of artwork, reproduced in engraving in "The Golden Book of Victor Hugo by the elite of artists and contemporary writers Directorate Emile Bremont." Paris, Librairie arts - H . Launette 1883, between pp. 136-137. At the entrance to the museum, it was framed with the greyness of his brother Lucien, representing "Don Cesar de Bazan" (MVHPP0234.2), the two works are clearly designed as pendants.Le painter was inspired by the traits of his father, actor Stephen Melingue, who had held the role during the repise of the play in 1870.

Este, Alfonso I of Duke of Ferrara

Borgia (V.Hugo)

You may also like

Recently viewed