New! The Visitation – Catholic Art Print – Vintage Holy Card Restoration

This is most beautiful version of the Visitation we’ve ever seen in a holy card. The colors are exquisite; we love those rich, heavy lithographic pigments. We’ll hopefully be offering this one in poster size very soon because the underlying artwork is so solid and beautiful. The holy card came from a French publication from the turn of the 20th century, marketed to Germans. The text on the front reads "Mary's Visitation" (Maria Heimsuchung). ** IMPORTANT ** THE IMAGE IS SMALLER THAN THE PAPER! There is a blank border around the image. Approximately 0.5" wide for 5x7, 1.3" for 8.5x11, 1.6" for 11x14, and 1.75" for 13x17 and 16x20. For the two poster sizes, 18x24 and 24x36, we use 0.5" borders. We do this because the ratio of the rectangle of the art almost never matches the rectangle of the paper, and if it did happen to match one size, it would not match the others. Most fine art printers do this because otherwise they’d have to crop the art or warp it to make it fit the paper. The border looks good. It gives the picture a faux matted appearance. There is almost always a little more border either on the left-right sides, or the top-bottom, depending on whether the ratio of the art is wider or taller than the paper. We make Archival Quality fine art prints: – Acid-free paper– Archival pigments – Cardboard backer for sizes 11x14 and less. – Above story of the art– Enclosed in a tight-fitting, crystal-clear bag.– Rated to last 200+ years without fading if kept dry and out of the direct sun. Thanks for your interest! +JMJ+Sue & JohnLincoln, Nebraska “In order to communicate the message entrusted to her by Christ, the Church needs art.”~ St. Pope John Paul II Original image is out-of-copyright. Descriptive text and any image alterations (hence the whole new image) © by Sue Kouma Johnson – Classic Catholic Art.