{"product_id":"desco-da-parto-con-la-nascita-del-battista","title":"Birth Tray with the Birth of the Baptist","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn 15 January 1527 Alderighi della Casa was born in Florence, and for his birth Pontormo painted this round tray.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe birth of Saint John the Baptist painted in a tondo, the shape of birth trays.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tondo looks good in a bedroom, in an entrance hall, above a chest of drawers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gift for a birth, a christening, a new mother.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Renaissance Florence, sweets and gifts were brought to a woman who had just given birth on a painted tray, the desco da parto. The tray then stayed in the home as a keepsake.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis one was painted for the first child of Girolamo della Casa and Lisabetta Tornaquinci. Pontormo made it from a single poplar plank and on the main side painted the birth of Saint John the Baptist, the patron saint of Florence. On the back, two grotesque figures with beak-like faces hold the coats of arms of the two families, inside a frame painted to look like porphyry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe original is in the Uffizi and is on display at the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a bedroom or a nursery, it brings into your home a Florentine tradition from five hundred years ago. It is the gift for anyone expecting a baby or who has just welcomed one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnique quality material\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePrint on handmade Amalfi paper\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSheet size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 29 x 42 cm (11.4 x 16.5 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 x 44 cm (12.2 x 17.3 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial\u003c\/strong\u003e: artwork printed on very fine handmade Amalfi paper with deckled edges\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrame\u003c\/strong\u003e: dark brown with a gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55633924784469,"sku":"CI5IH5S0Q4U47","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/desco-da-parto-con-la-nascita-del-battista-principale.jpg?v=1793711099","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/desco-da-parto-con-la-nascita-del-battista","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}