{"product_id":"anziana-con-corona-doro","title":"Elderly Woman with a Gold Wreath","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlmost all Fayum portraits show young people, because people died young back then: this grey-haired lady is one of the few elderly women to have come down to us.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe grey curls, the gold wreath, the strong, tanned face.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA portrait full of dignity, lovely in a living room or a study.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for a grandmother or a mother.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe lived in Egypt between AD 100 and 125, when the country was a province of Rome. Her face was painted with colours mixed into wax on a thin limewood panel, which was then cut to size and placed over the mummy's face among the bandages. These are the portraits we call Fayum portraits, after the region of Egypt where many were found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, which holds the original, describes a discovery: by comparing the age of the mummies with that of the portraits, scholars found that most were painted when the person had died or was about to die, perhaps to be carried in the funeral procession before mummification. This lady does not follow the fashion of the imperial court. Her grey hair falls in loose curls, her face is strong, bony and tanned, and she wears only earrings, like other elderly women portrayed on these panels. The reddish tunic and the likeness to male portraits from the time of the emperor Trajan help to date her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a living room or a study it brings home the dignity of a woman who lived a long life. It is a gift for anyone who loves real faces, the ones time has made more beautiful.\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\u003eWith frame\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 gold fillet, handmade, with glass\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Trizio Editore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55666871927125,"sku":"MON1PP6BLO3EF","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/anziana-con-corona-doro-principale.jpg?v=1793896976","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/elderly-woman-with-a-gold-wreath-fayum-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}