Camille Corot, 1865 - River with a Distant Tower - fine art print

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In 1865 Camille Corot made the modern art artwork "River with a Distant Tower". The over 150 year old original measures the size: 21 1/2 x 30 7/8 in (54,6 x 78,4 cm). Oil on canvas was applied by the artist as the technique for the piece of art. The artwork forms part of the digital art collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 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.. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Bequest of Robert Graham Dun, 1900 (public domain license). : Bequest of Robert Graham Dun, 1900. Furthermore, alignment is in landscape format and has a side ratio of 1.4 : 1, which means that the length is 40% longer than the width. The painter Camille Corot was an artist from France, whose art style can be classified as Realism. The artist lived for 79 years and was born in 1796 and passed away in 1875.

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• The poster print (canvas material): Our poster is a printed canvas with a slight surface finish, which resembles the actual work of art. Please keep in mind, that depending on the absolute size of the poster print we add a white margin of approximately 2-6 cm around the artwork in order to facilitate the framing with your custom frame.
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• Aluminium dibond (metal print): An Aluminium Dibond print is a material with an impressive depth. The Direct Print on Aluminum Dibond is your excellent introduction to the sophisticated world of fine art reproductions with aluminum. For your Direct Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your artwork on the aluminium surface. The white and bright parts of the artwork shimmer with a silk gloss, however without glow. Colors are vivid and luminous in the highest definition, the details of the print appear clear and crisp, and there’s a matte look you can literally feel.
• Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating): The acrylic glass print, often labelled as a plexiglass print, will change an original artwork into brilliant décor. Furthermore, it offers a distinct alternative option to aluminium or canvas fine art replicas. Your artwork will be printed thanks to modern UV direct printing technology. With an acrylic glass fine art print contrasts and granular painting details become more visible thanks to the delicate gradation.

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Original artwork description from the museum (© - by The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

The writer Théophile Thoré repeated his habitual criticism of Corot in 1865, the date of this picture: "Corot almost never made anything besides the same one landscape, but it is good." The landscape here was conceived by Corot in his studio from stock elements that he knew by heart: the cluster of silvery trees, the body of leaden water, the peasant figures and boatman, the distant tower. Like his idol Claude Lorrain, Corot could generate a landscape and a mood through the power of his imagination.