Nativity

Dieric Bouts the Elder, 1445

$249

Size

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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

Nativity

Nativity is a hand-painted oil on canvas reproduction of Dieric Bouts the Elder's work. Each piece is made to order, with full customization of size and framing to suit your space. Every reproduction is backed by our 90-day satisfaction guarantee, with free worldwide shipping.

About the original

Painted in: 1445
Original size: 80 × 52.5 cm (31.5 × 20.7 in)
Where it hangs: Museo del Prado, Madrid

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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

Dieric Bouts the Elder

Dieric Bouts painted with the jewel-like precision of Early Netherlandish art, but with a quieter, more solemn mood than most of his contemporaries. His figures are tall, slender and still, with long faces and restrained gestures, set in carefully observed landscapes and rooms with a new sense of depth. Born in Haarlem around 1415, he worked in Leuven from about 1457 and became its official city painter in 1468. His Altarpiece of the Holy Sacrament, commissioned in 1464 and still in St Peter’s Church in Leuven, has at its centre the first Last Supper in Flemish panel painting, one of the earliest northern pictures to use Italian single-point perspective. His late Justice of Otto panels are in Brussels. He died in Leuven in 1475, and his two sons carried on the workshop. Mary and Child is an example of the small devotional panels he painted for private prayer.

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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 Nativity in a different size or shape?

Yes. Nativity 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 80 x 52.5 cm (31.5 x 20.7 in).

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