{"product_id":"ritratto-di-orefice","title":"Portrait of a Goldsmith","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe burin in his hand and the piece of metal on the table reveal his trade, but no one has yet managed to find the name of this Florentine goldsmith.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA craftsman at work, burin in hand, with a jewel waiting to be set on the table.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA portrait format for a study, a bookcase, a workshop.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for a goldsmith, for a craftsman, for anyone who loves Renaissance portraits.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePontormo painted it around 1517-1518, when he was just over twenty and still close to his master Andrea del Sarto; it is perhaps one of his earliest surviving portraits. Scholars have proposed several names for the sitter, from Giovanni delle Corniole to Domenico di Polo, but none has stood up to scrutiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe panel has the history of a court painting. The banker and collector Everhard Jabach sold it to Louis XIV in 1671, and it has belonged to the French collections ever since; today it is in the Louvre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome, Finestre sull'Arte described him as the goldsmith who looks away, beside portraits that instead stare straight at the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a study or beside the tools of someone who works with their hands, it is the portrait of an ancient craft. It is the gift for those who make jewellery and for anyone who loves Florence.\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":55636245283157,"sku":"5YA3ET6P3FT7V","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/ritratto-di-orefice-principale.jpg?v=1793708551","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/ritratto-di-orefice","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}