New! The Immaculate Conception – School of Bernardino Pinturicchio – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality

This gorgeous, early Renaissance painting (dated 1510) was done in Umbria, Italy, by an artist in the School of Pinturicchio. It shows the cosmic significance of the Blessed Virgin Mary, where she is the vessel of the Christ, and is herself wound in with the Trinity.

Italy was a place of great faith, as well as the center of the art world. It was where the Renaissance of art happened in the West. Many of the great Catholic masterpieces were done there. Umbria was especially active in the arts, concentrated in the town of Perugia.

Pinturicchio (Perugia, c. 1454 - Siena, 1513), was the name by which Bernardino di Betto was known. He was one of the most influential painters in Perugia, known for his frescoes. The rediscovery of the ancient Domus Aurea (an enormous art and architecture complex of Nero's Rome) was a major influence on him. He was one of the first artists, along with Raphael and Michelangelo, to observe and study the Roman frescoes. (source: finestresullarte.info)

** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance.

There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper.

We make Archival Quality fine art prints:

– Acid-free paper

– Archival pigments

– Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less.

– Above story of the art

– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.

– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun.

Thanks for your interest!

+JMJ+

Sue & John

Lincoln, Nebraska

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“In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”

~ St. Pope John Paul II

Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.