Hellas
SIZE INFORMATION
Prints: Size listed always refers to the paper size, inclusive of any white border shown.
Frames: Size listed always refers to the paper size, inclusive of any white border shown. As the width of the frame is approximately 2cm, a framed print will be slightly wider/taller than the given size.
Display images = ISO (A-size). Artwork may be adjusted slightly for non-ISO sizes.
Passepartouts (mats/mounts) are not included. If you purchase an unframed print and plan to use a passepartout, please consider your window size vs print size, inclusive of any white border shown. Feel free to contact me if you'd like to make adjustments to ensure perfect fit.
If you would like to make any adjustments to the artwork, or if you're looking for a size not listed, contact me at hello@modernmythosart.com. I'm always happy to help and accommodate if possible.
A print of Hellas — the classical personification of Greece, the allegorical female figure who represents the Greek nation in the long tradition of Western allegorical art.
Hellas is the Greeks' own name for Greece — and for every Greek-speaking community of the ancient Mediterranean, from Sicily to the Black Sea. The figure of a woman personifying the country, drawn from the long ancient and Renaissance tradition of allegorical female nations (Roma, Britannia, Germania, Italia, Gallia), was taken up with particular force during and after the Greek War of Independence in the 1820s. From that moment, Hellas was painted, sculpted and printed across Europe as a classicising figure in a helmet or laurel crown, often with an olive branch, a shield, the broken chain of Ottoman rule at her feet, or the temple of the Parthenon behind her — a standing figure of cultural and political continuity from the ancient past into the modern nation.
Hellas as allegory is one of the characteristic images of 19th century European philhellenism, shaped as much by Delacroix and Byron as by any single artwork.
- Museum-grade Giclée print
Museum-grade Giclée printing: The gold standard for gallery art prints.
- Weight: 200 g/m2
- Material: 100% FSC® certified paper
- Finish: Matte, natural white
- Inks: Premium archival, water-based
Size always refers to paper size (including any white border shown; excluding frame width).
Free framing service: Expertly assembled in a dust-free environment, arriving ready-to-hang.
- 2cm wide, 2.2cm deep
- Material: Lightweight FSC® certified ash wood
- Finish: Smooth satin laminate, or uncoated wood grain (Natural)
- Glaze: Shatterproof Perspex
Size always refers to paper size (including any white border shown; excluding frame width).
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