{"product_id":"ritratto-di-giovinetto","title":"Portrait of a Youth","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Florentine boy has been looking his viewers in the eye for almost five hundred years, and he may be the future first Duke of Florence.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA young man portrayed with his gaze turned towards the viewer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA portrait format for a study, a bookcase, a hallway.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for anyone who loves Renaissance portraits and Tuscany.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePontormo painted it around 1525. Who the boy is remains uncertain: one hypothesis is Alessandro de' Medici, who was then about fifteen and a few years later would become the first Duke of Florence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe portrait is now in Lucca, in the Museo Nazionale di Palazzo Mansi. It arrived there in the nineteenth century with a group of Florentine paintings that Grand Duke Leopold II gave to the city, to make up for the sale of the Bourbon collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, Finestre sull'Arte described him as the young man who looks you in the eye and at the same time seems to lose substance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a study or beside a bookcase, that gaze keeps you company. It is the gift for anyone who loves faces and the stories of the Medici.\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":55633924915541,"sku":"QTJ89IJGJQTAB","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/ritratto-di-giovinetto-principale.jpg?v=1793711230","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/portrait-of-a-youth-pontormo-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}