{"product_id":"due-amici","title":"Two Friends","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwo young men side by side, one holding a sheet with a passage from Cicero on friendship: Pontormo turns it into a double portrait that is also a declaration.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo faces side by side, two different characters in the same painting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt suits a study, a bookcase or a sitting room.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe gift for a friend, for a lifelong friendship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sheet one of the two young men holds carries a passage from Cicero's De amicitia, the Latin treatise on friendship: a refined way of saying what binds them. Pontormo painted them between 1523 and 1524, the years when he fled the plague to the Certosa del Galluzzo and painted the Passion for the monks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe painting belongs to the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice. At the exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome it hangs beside Bronzino's Lady in Red; Bronzino was Pontormo's pupil, and that portrait was long attributed to the master himself. Two friends, and beside them a master and a pupil: the room, too, speaks of bonds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a study, a bookcase or a sitting room: it is the gift for a lifelong friend, for a fellow student, for anyone who believes friendship deserves a portrait.\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":55627951046997,"sku":"TBVJ42YW33NPK","price":190.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/due-amici-principale.jpg?v=1793708589","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/two-friends-pontormo-print","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}