{"product_id":"leuropeenne-ritratto-del-fayum","title":"L'Européenne","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Louvre calls her L'Européenne, the European woman: a young face that looks as if it belonged to our own day, above a robe covered in gold.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe large eyes, the hair held back by a jewel, the earrings and the gold leaf on the robe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luminous portrait that brings light to a living room or a bedroom.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn elegant gift for someone dear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was painted in Egypt between AD 100 and 150, when the country was a province of Rome, on a cedar panel, in encaustic, colours mixed with hot wax. Portraits like this one were placed over the face of the mummy, among the bandages, and today we call them Fayum portraits, after the region of Egypt where many were found.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painter portrayed her with everything that made her elegant: the hair drawn back and held by a jewel, the earrings, a pearl necklace and another jewel on her breast. Then he covered her robe with gold leaf, the metal that does not decay and that the Egyptians linked to eternity. The nickname is the title under which she is catalogued by the Louvre in Paris, where the panel arrived in 1951.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a living room or a bedroom it brings home a young woman of almost nineteen centuries ago, still full of light. It is an elegant and rare gift.\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":55678700880213,"sku":"VZ6LEKL6BAC58","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/leuropeenne-ritratto-del-fayum-principale.jpg?v=1793975166","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/leuropeenne-fayum-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}