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The Fable of Arachne, c.1657 by Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez
Canvas Print - 1059-VDZ

Location: Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
Original Size: 220 × 289 cm

The Fable of Arachne by Velázquez (c.1657) 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 31.1 × 41.3 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.

The Fable of Arachne by Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez, c.1657 - canvas print
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Giclée Canvas Print | $70.52 USD

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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 16.3 × 21.7 in print therefore arrives as 18.7 × 24 in. Both numbers are shown in Your Selection above and change with the slider.

Yes. The slider covers every size up to 31.1 × 41.3 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 Velázquez'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 220 × 289 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 Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain. Full size guide.
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About the Painting

This first "modern" painting of Spanish art is also Velázquez's last masterpiece. With it, the master returns to the favourite theme of his adolescent years, the image of the Spanish people. But how great is the difference between the comparatively more scarce figures of his youthful canvases and the exquisite unity of his last work! The painting depicts the interior of a manufactory. In the foreground are the impoverished women, the real protagonists. Through the casualness of the movements and the truthful depiction of the tools of labour, the artist recreates the actual atmosphere of the workshop. The woman in a blue dress, her back turned to the viewer, is perhaps the most exquisitely painted figure in all of Velázquez's work. In the painting's light-drenched background, a group of noble visitors examine a finished guber depicting a mythological scene.

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