There is a certain type of Catholic genre which involves mysterious, moonlit prayers. We reverence God day at night, but day and night are different! This painting depicts monks within the walls of Certosa San Giacomo on Capri, an island a little ways off the west coast of Italy.
Franz Ludwig Catel ( 1778–1856) was a very popular painter of his day. Born in Berlin, he lived much of his adult life in Italy, where he painted many breathtaking scenes of Italian daily ife in sumptous Italian landscaspes.
He painted many Catholic paintings, including several versions of this scene, changing details, including one version where he switched in nuns for monks. It was also copied by other artists. He has a different painting of nuns in a cloister around dawn (or twilight) which we thinks is terribly good and hope to list soon.
Franz Ludwig Catel ”Karthäusermönche in einem nächtlichen Klosterkreuzgang der Certosa di San Giacomo auf Capri mit Blick auf die Faraglioni”. Circa 1820/24. Oil on canvas. 28 1/2 × 38 3/4 in. This painting or one of its near identical twins, inspired the Austrian writer Karoline Pichler (1769-1843), who ran a literary salon in Vienna, to write a story about it, published in 1821. (source: invaluable.com)
** 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.
