Framed Prints
Framed Print of Gathering Twigs; Calendar Miniature from a Book of Hours, about 1550. Creator: Simon Bening
Gathering Twigs; Calendar Miniature from a Book of Hours, about 1550.
Two Flemish peasants gather sticks into bundles before a landscape of rolling hills, cottages, and a river. The trees have lost their leaves, the sky is overcast, and the men are warmly dressed; the activity of clearing away dead wood was traditionally a wintertime activity. This small cutting from the lower border of a manuscript page is one of a pair of miniatures back-to-back on a single leaf, originally serving as an illustration in the calendar section of a book of hours. The miniatures appeared at the bottom of two calendar pages that listed church holidays. Each page was devoted to a particular month, and each miniature depicts an activity associated with the month. In these miniatures, Bening showed that landscape backgrounds, with their distinctive weather conditions, could be even more evocative of a particular month than the activities themselves. Despite their small size, the scenes are as ambitious in scope and composition as independent paintings of considerably larger dimensions. Admiring these scenes as independent paintings, a previous owner of the cutting framed it and hung it on the wall like any other landscape painted on canvas or wood. Heritage Images features heritage image collections. © Heritage Art/Heritage Images
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Modern Frame 14"x12" (36x31cm)
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Wood effect frame, card mounted, 10x8 fade resistant photo print. Overall outside dimensions 14x12 inches (36x31cm). Environmentally and ozone friendly, 40mm wide x 15mm Polycore® moulding has the look of real wood, is durable and light and easy to hang. Biodegradable and made with non-chlorinated gases (no toxic fumes) it is efficient; producing 100 tons of polystyrene can save 300 tons of trees! Prints are glazed with lightweight, shatterproof, optical clarity acrylic (providing the same general protection from the environment as glass). The back is stapled hardboard with a sawtooth hanger attached. Note: measurements provided are estimated outer dimensions, which include both the image and the frame. While we aim to keep sizing consistent, exact dimensions may vary slightly due to differences in print size or production requirements, which may result in a variation in the overall size (up to approximately 2.5cm (1"))
These are individually made so all sizes are approximate
Estimated Image Size (if not cropped) is 24.4cm x 14.4cm (9.6" x 5.7")
Estimated Product Size is 36cm x 31cm (14.2" x 12.2")
