Laura

Giorgione, 1506

$259

Size

These sizes keep the painting’s true proportions. Want a different shape? Email us and we’ll adapt it.

Frame

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After you order

What happens next

1An artist is assigned. Your painting goes to one of our painters as soon as the order is in.

2It is painted. Oil on canvas, layer by layer. 3 to 4 weeks.

3The approval promise. We send you a photo of the finished painting before it ships, and we change anything that is not right.

4It ships tracked. 4 to 10 working days to most countries, door to door.

The painting

Laura

A young woman in a red fur-lined coat, one breast bare, sits against a bush of laurel, which gives the painting its name. An inscription on the back records that Giorgione painted it on 1 June 1506, which makes it one of the very few of his works with a firm date. It is in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.Ours is painted by hand in oil once you order, in the size you choose, and you approve a photo of it before it ships.

About the original

Painted in: 1506
Original size: 41 × 33.6 cm (16.1 × 13.2 in)
Where it hangs: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

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Detail

Specification

Medium	Oil on canvas
Painting size
Framed size
Frame
Orientation
Dominant colour
Arrives	Rolled, ready for local framing
Packed	Rolled in a protective tube
Turnaround	3 to 4 weeks, then delivery

The hand behind it

Giorgione

Giorgione changed Venetian painting in a very short career. His pictures are poetic and mysterious, with soft, smoky transitions of light, glowing colour and landscapes that set the mood as much as the figures do. Many of his subjects remain hard to explain. He was born in Castelfranco Veneto in the late 1470s and trained with Giovanni Bellini in Venice. Only a small number of paintings are firmly his, including The Tempest (Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venice), The Three Philosophers (Vienna) and the Sleeping Venus in Dresden, which Titian finished. His Judith is in the Hermitage. He died of plague in Venice in 1510, still young. The Pastoral Concert in the Louvre is shared between Giorgione and the young Titian by scholars, and shows the dreamy, musical mood he made famous.

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Looking after it

Care and hanging

Keep it out of direct sun. Oil paint and varnish yellow and crack under prolonged UV. An interior wall away from a south-facing window is ideal.

Dust it, do not clean it. A dry, soft brush once or twice a year. No water, no sprays, no cleaning products.

Avoid damp and heat. Not above a radiator, not in a bathroom. Canvas expands and contracts with humidity.

Hang it at eye level. The centre of the painting about 145 cm (57 in) from the floor, on two fixings so it sits level.

Before you buy

Questions

How is the finish priced?

The price you see is the painting at the size you chose, in the finish you chose, and it updates as you change either. Rolled arrives in a protective tube, ready for local framing. Stretched arrives on wooden bars, ready to hang. Framed arrives in its frame, ready to hang. Stretched and framed go up to 60 × 90 cm (24 × 36 in); larger paintings travel rolled.

How long does it take?

Painting begins after you order and takes 3 to 4 weeks, including drying and the photo you approve. Delivery then takes 4 to 10 working days to most countries. More on delivery times.

Will it look exactly like the original?

It is painted by a person, so no. Brushwork varies between copies, which is the difference between a painting and a poster.

What if I do not like it?

Ninety days from delivery, full refund.

Can I get Laura in a different size or shape?

Yes. Laura is painted to the size you want, in the original’s proportions, or adapted to another shape on request. Stretched and framed go up to 60 x 90 cm (24 x 36 in). The original measures 41 x 33.6 cm (16.1 x 13.2 in).

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