The Goldfinch

Carel Fabritius

1654 · Oil on panel · Mauritshuis, The Hague

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About this work

Artist: Carel Fabritius (1622–1654)
Year: 1654
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 33.5 × 22.8 cm
Collection: Mauritshuis, The Hague
Movement: Dutch Golden Age

A European goldfinch sits on the top rung of its feeding box, a thin chain running from its leg to the perch, against a sunlit whitewashed wall. Goldfinches were kept as pets because they could be taught to draw water in a thimble-sized bucket, which gave the bird its Dutch name, puttertje. Carel Fabritius, a pupil of Rembrandt, signed and dated the panel 1654, and that October he was killed at thirty-two when the Delft gunpowder store exploded; only about a dozen of his paintings survive. The wing is painted in thick yellow strokes scratched through with the brush handle to show the black beneath, a trick learned in Rembrandt's studio, and the thick panel was sawn from a larger piece, which suggests it was once part of a cage or a cover. Lost for two centuries and rediscovered in Brussels, it has been in the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1896.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; 12×18 and 16×24 and 24×36 also available framed in black or natural wood • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

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Produced in 2–4 business days, then shipped from the facility nearest you. Delivery is typically 3–6 business days (US/UK/EU) and 5–12 worldwide. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Goldfinch in the public domain?

Yes. Carel Fabritius (1622–1654) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by Mauritshuis.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; the two larger sizes are also offered framed. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Goldfinch painted, and in what medium?

The Goldfinch dates from 1654 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 33.5 × 22.8 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

For a standard three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 inches reads as a single statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pairing. The print's proportions follow the original, so a landscape-format painting is wider than it is tall.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Carel Fabritius's The Goldfinch — The Goldfinch — a small chained bird on its feeder box against a plain pale wall, the most famous bird in Dutch painting — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. The Delft School, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Three sizes (12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in); the 16×24 and 24×36 are also offered framed. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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