# Book Cover

**Italian (Sienese) Painter** (dated 1343)  
Tempera on wood  
16 1/8 x 9 3/4 in. (41 x 24.8 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10.203.3. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436757).

## About this work

Italian (Sienese) Painter painted this. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Tempera.** Pigment bound with egg yolk. It dries in minutes and can’t be blended wet, so painters built up form with fine, hatched strokes. It was Europe’s main panel technique before oil.

### [Italian (Sienese) Painter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/italian-sienese-painter)

dated 1343

## Facts

- Type: Paintings
- Real size: about 16 × 10 in (41 × 25 cm). The 12 × 16 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 14th century
- Subjects: Human Figures, Reading, Writing, Money
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1109.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1109/1920.jpg
- Giclée reproduction on Hahnemühle Photo Rag: 8 × 10 in $28; 11 × 14 in $38; 12 × 16 in $42; 16 × 20 in $56; 18 × 24 in $68
- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/book-cover-met-436757).