{"product_id":"vertumno-e-pomona","title":"Vertumnus and Pomona","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe artwork\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVasari gave it its title, but scholars still wonder who the gods seated on either side of this round window, in the Medici villa at Poggio a Caiano, really are.\u003c\/strong\u003e It comes printed on handmade Amalfi paper, in a handmade frame.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA lunette, that is a half-moon fresco, with putti forming a garland around a round window.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIts long, low shape works well above a sofa or a headboard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA gift for anyone who loves ancient myths and Tuscan villas.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePontormo frescoed the lunette between 1519 and 1521 in the villa's great hall, for the Medici, the family of Pope Leo X.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVasari called it Vertumnus and Pomona, after the god of the seasons and the nymph of fruit in Ovid's Metamorphoses. In the myth he disguises himself as an old woman to get close to her; here Vertumnus is an old man with a basket, and Pomona holds a sickle. Some scholars note that Vasari's description does not really match the fresco, and see in it Bacchus and Ceres with the four seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fresco is still in place, in the villa near Prato that has belonged to the State since 1914. The shop also has a pen study by Pontormo for this lunette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn a kitchen or a country house, it brings a corner of a Medici villa to your walls. It will delight anyone who tends a vegetable garden or an orchard.\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: 40 x 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFramed size\u003c\/strong\u003e: 42 x 62 cm (16.5 x 24.4 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":55637536440661,"sku":"A7HQXC8KVNPZJ","price":240.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/3411\/1829\/files\/vertumno-e-pomona-griglia.jpg?v=1793722421","url":"https:\/\/trizioeditore.it\/en\/products\/vertumno-e-pomona","provider":"Trizio Editore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}