La Source (The Spring), 1856 by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Canvas Print - 794-JAI

Location: Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
Original Size: 163 × 80 cm

La Source (The Spring) by Ingres (1856) is reproduced as a museum-quality giclée canvas print. Printed with archival inks on 400 g/m² canvas and hand-varnished for UV protection, it can be made in any size up to 31.5 × 15.4 in, scaled proportionally, with optional framing. Free worldwide shipping available; unframed prints ship in 2 workdays, framed in 7 to 8. Guaranteed 100-year color durability.

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The size you set is the printed image, the part you see once the canvas is stretched. Beyond that size we add 1.2 in of blank canvas on every side, at no extra cost, so the stretcher bars have something to grip. A 28 × 13.7 in print therefore arrives as 30.3 × 16.1 in. Both numbers are shown in Your Selection above and change with the slider.

Yes. The slider covers every size up to 31.5 × 15.4 in, always in the proportions of the original. If you need something larger, or a size that has to fit a frame you already own, write to us with the title and the dimensions and we will tell you what is possible. Every print is made to order, so there is usually a way.

Because the original is an oil painting on canvas. We match the print medium to the original: oil paintings go on canvas, works on paper go on fine art paper. Our canvas is natural cotton, 400 g/m² Canvas, acid-free and pH neutral, and its woven texture gives the most natural impression of Ingres's original oil painting. The finish is satin/gloss, which keeps the depth of the dark tones the way varnish does on a painting in a museum; a matte canvas looks dull and pale next to it. More about our print media.

Start with the original, which measures 163 × 80 cm. A print at or near that size reads the way the artist judged it. Printing smaller is easy; enlarging a small original changes its character. For the wall, above a sofa or a sideboard aim for two thirds to three quarters of the furniture width, and hang the center at eye level. Cut paper to size and tape it to the wall before you order. The original hangs in Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France. Full size guide.
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About the Painting

In his famous painting "The Source", Ingres returned to the "Venus Anadyomene" painted eight years earlier. Identical are the position of the standing and slightly bent legs, the slight curve of the thigh, the inclination of the head, the posture of the shoulders and arms, which here are slightly spread apart to embrace the jug. In the subtle play of the lines of the contours of the body, Venus appears here more elegant and at the same time sensual, though more restrained. The image of "The Source" seems to us a rustic beauty, with a pure-hearted expression, freer and more at ease. This work is a particularly successful figurative expression of the symbol of purity, pro-transparency and freshness of the source.

Thus, the artist's versatile creative talent allows him to create two completely different images from two outwardly similar figures of a nude female body.

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