John the Baptist — Hand-Painted Oil Reproduction

Painted to order in Dafen Village, Shenzhen · after Carlo Dolci · Public domain · Landscape

John the Baptist gives you the place without putting anyone in it. What holds the canvas together is the horizon: low, patient, and the reason the sky feels so much larger than the ground.

Hand-painted oil reproduction of John the Baptist by Carlo Dolci, painted to order in Dafen Village, Shenzhen
John the Baptist — Carlo Dolci. Source image is in the public domain. Your canvas is painted from it by hand, not printed.

A closer look

John the Baptist gives you the place without putting anyone in it. What holds the canvas together is the horizon: low, patient, and the reason the sky feels so much larger than the ground.

John the Baptist. Our painter follows the same logic rather than copying a photograph of it: the far distances go down cool and weak, the near ground stays loaded, and nothing is blended flat.

Artistcarlo-dolci
TitleJohn the Baptist
ReproductionHand-painted oil on canvas, made to order
CopyrightPublic domain; the original is out of copyright

Where the difficulty is

A print flattens a landscape into a poster: the distance collapses, and the sky stops being weather. Painted by hand the depth comes back, because the painter mixes a cooler, weaker version of every colour for the far ground and lets the near ground stay loaded.

PriceOn request

Every canvas is painted to order, so the quote follows your size, frame and destination rather than a fixed list. Tell us what you need on WhatsApp and we reply with an exact figure, usually within the hour. There is no agency in between; the studio that paints your canvas is the one answering your messages.

Sizing it

Because we paint each piece from scratch, you are not limited to stock dimensions. Common choices:

Size (inches)Size (cm)Best for
30 × 24 in76 × 61 cmDining room, bedroom feature wall
24 × 20 in60 × 50 cmStudy, home office, above a desk
20 × 16 in50 × 40 cmBedroom, hallway, above a console
16 × 12 in40 × 30 cmA shelf, a small wall, a gallery group
64 × 48 in163 × 122 cmVilla scale, lobby, hospitality wall
48 × 36 in122 × 91 cmLarge living room, stairwell, loft

Do not worry if your wall sits between two of these — we will make the canvas to fit. Shipping and framing are not included in the canvas quote. Duties and import taxes are for the buyer's account (DAP).

Tell us where it will hang and how big it needs to be — we will price it properly.

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Hanging it

We have painted it most often for clients hanging it in a dining room, where the horizontals echo the table. Proportions follow the original, not the nearest standard frame size. Anything panoramic or vertical is handled as a matter of course.

Questions worth asking

Does it come with a certificate of authenticity?

No, and we would be wary of anyone who issues one for a public-domain reproduction. What you receive is a hand-painted canvas and photographs of it before it ships.

When will it actually arrive?

Studio time is roughly two to four weeks, then a few more days for the oil to set before we can photograph and pack it. We tell you where your canvas is at each stage.

Can I see progress photos while it is being painted?

We send photographs of the finished painting for approval before it ships. Mid-process images are not part of the standard workflow.

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