{"product_id":"ragazza-dalle-labbra-doro","title":"Girl with Golden Lips","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHer lips are gold: for the Egyptians, gold could turn the girl into a radiant spirit after death.\u003c\/strong\u003e You receive it printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gilded laurel wreath, the large eyes, the earrings and the golden lips.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA precious portrait that lights up a bedroom or a sitting room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for a young woman or for someone dear.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was painted in Egypt between AD 25 and 37, in the last years of the emperor Tiberius, the successor of Augustus: it is one of the oldest of the portraits we call Fayum portraits. The painter used encaustic, colours mixed with wax, on a lime wood panel, which was placed over the face of the mummy, among the bandages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTwo worlds meet in this face. The girl wears the hair and clothes of the Greek and Roman women of her time, with a violet mantle dotted with gold. But her family had her mummified in the Egyptian way, and the painter put gold on her lips and jewels. According to the Cleveland Museum of Art, in Ohio, which holds the panel, that gold was not meant to make her beautiful: it was to help her become an akh, the radiant and effective spirit that the dead became in the afterlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a bedroom it brings home a girl of two thousand years ago, with the light of gold. It is a precious 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":55678706450773,"sku":"01RUCW1A2ENER","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/ragazza-dalle-labbra-doro-principale.jpg?v=1793975166","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/ragazza-dalle-labbra-doro","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}