Swiss Guard Tribute Metal Print
by Lin Grosvenor
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Swiss Guard Tribute metal print by Lin Grosvenor. Bring your artwork to life with the stylish lines and added depth of a metal print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 1/16" thick aluminum. The aluminum sheet is offset from the wall by a 3/4" thick wooden frame which is attached to the back. The high gloss of the aluminum sheet complements the rich colors of any image to produce stunning results.
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Swiss Guards are the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.... more
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Artist's Description
Swiss Guards are the Swiss soldiers who have served as guards at foreign European courts since the late 15th century.
The Lion of Lucerne is a rock relief in Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Bertel Thorvaldsen and hewn in 1820-21 by Lukas Ahorn. It commemorates the Swiss Guards who were massacred in 1792 during the French Revolution, when revolutionaries stormed the Tuileries Palace in Paris.
Mark Twain praised the sculpture of a mortally-wounded lion as "the most mournful and moving piece of stone in the world."
As the Sculpture was in 1972.
About Lin Grosvenor
ART FU Itinerant image scavenger/prestidigitizer, with an eye for what pleases me (think: Francesca Bassington's drawing-room)... also perhaps one or two others. Vocation: Photographer errant, sedentary sketch artist, graphics tinkerer, picker, assembler, fool. (for the canonical compendium of commodities, go to www.hsnw.com) Specializing in everything (honest), but favoring Impressionistic Modern (my term), real scenes and whimsy. Eclectic is me. My sole criterion for selection of an image for inclusion here is that I be pleased to share it with others. I make no effort to make any art product appealing to everyone, so, if you think something is not your cup of tea, just meander along through my other offerings. If you find...
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Laurel Adams
Thank you Lin for this beautiful sculpture of Memorial tribute Entry that is gracing this Contest.
Lin Grosvenor replied:
My pleasure, Laurel
Lin Grosvenor
I appreciate the kind compliment, Marian
Marian Bell
Terrific capture, Lin! LF