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1st Art Gallery offers the option to receive your painting ready to hang or rolled in a tube.
Currently, for safety, we're able to ship framed paintings only up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached, the framing option is automatically disabled.
However, if you are interested in stretching or framing a painting larger than 24x36 inches (60x90 cm), please contact one of our customer success associates or let us know in your order notes. We will send you a catalog of our large framing styles and pricing options.
Unframed rolled canvas orders will arrive rolled inside a protective tube with an extra 1.5" white canvas on all sides so you can easily frame it locally.
This marvelous study in silverpoint, from circa 1474, portrays three hand sketches. Despite being a simple sketch with rough edges, there is a large number of details and realism into it. Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical studies were profoundly detailed and way ahead of his time. Among several pages of sections of muscles, bones and body parts, these hands might seem like a rather simple study, but as we observe the details into it, it is possible to follow the magnificent skills of this artist.
These feminine hands would be resting on a lap or folded against the body, like holding a baby or a small animal. The lighter sketch of the right hand can be observed on top of the left hand on the bottom. In this lighter sketch, it is possible to find the shape of the hand nearly identical to the one on top that is appropriately finished with volume and tones. Likely a first sketch for the same hand, where the artist would be deciding about the layout of the final composition. Even in this lighter sketch where he drew nothing but thin lines, it is possible to observe the regard for details and perfect anatomy notion that Da Vinci showcased through all his body of work.
The volume and light of the more detailed hands on this piece are worked with dark cross-hatching in silverpoint and white chalk for the lights. The combination of these materials produces a realistic sense of volume and light and shadow. The sketch gets more detailed as it runs down the arm, to the point where the tips of the fingers are worked all the way up to the nails and skin texture.
It is said that this might have been one of the preliminary studies used for the Mona Lisa final piece. However, the portion was cropped from somewhere else, and no evidence proves the intent of the study. Although it was very likely used in some of the famous Leonardo Da Vinci’s three-quarter portraits, the artist had the habit of sketch loose ideas and studies from the daily life, and it could be the case with this one. Some studies suggest that this would Ginevra de' Benci’s portrait, commissioned either by her fiancé Luigi Niccolini or her platonic lover Bernardo Bembo.
The image is currently part of the Royal Collection in the Windsor Castle, England.
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If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Study of hands, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Study of hands that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is.
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You may choose to purchase your painting framed, in which case, it will arrive "ready to hang". We offer more than 20 beautiful models, all hand finished and expertly assembled by our experienced framers.
Note that for safety reasons we can only frame up to a certain size. Once the maximum size is reached the framing option is automatically disabled.
If you are planning to frame your painting yourself, use an existing frame, or frame it locally, you may choose to order your painting with a stretching service, meaning that it will arrive mounted on wooden bars.
If you're considering not framing your painting at all, you may opt for a Gallery Wrap. The term Gallery Wrap refers to the way the canvas is stretched, which is by wrapping it around thick stretcher bars, about 1.5 inch thick, with the canvas being secured to the back rather than the sides of those bars.
All orders ship with UPS, FedEx or DHL and will arrive directly to your home or office. A tracking number will be emailed to you as soon as the order leaves our studio so you can track it online. All orders ship express and usually arrive within 4-5 days from the shipping date. Due to shipping restraints, many of our framed, stretched, and oversize paintings may take 6-21 days for arrival depending on the safest route determined by the postal service.
Unframed paintings are covered with a special protective film, are gently rolled and then placed inside a strong specially designed tube.
Stretched, Gallery Wrapped and Framed paintings are covered with protective bubble wrap, separated by foam board and then carefully put into the cardboard box.