{"product_id":"ariosto-dmcel25","title":"Ariosto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2026\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGold, platinum \u0026amp; palladium on powdered garnet ground with amazonite highlights on anodised aluminium\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e180 x 230mm, framed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"WordSection1\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe title \u003ci\u003eAriosto \u003c\/i\u003erefers to the sixteenth-century Italian poet Ludovico Ariosto, author of the extraordinary \u003ci\u003eOrlando Furioso\u003c\/i\u003e, by way of Titian’s c. 1510 \u003ci\u003eMan in a Quilted Sleeve\u003c\/i\u003e, long considered a portrait of Ariosto himself. Seated in an almost empty Sicilian trattoria in 2026, this drawing’s accidental model was Titian’s portrait brought to life. He was an artwork already, so I photographed him just as he was.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe man in that restaurant was an echo, as is my drawing of him. Long before us both, though, Titian’s portrait had already reverberated through the work of other artists, including the two works of Rembrandt inspired by it: the 1640 \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait at the Age of Thirty-Four \u003c\/i\u003eand the 1639 etching \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait Leaning on a Sill. \u003c\/i\u003eAnd perhaps in many other times and places.\u003co:p\u003e\u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dominic McElwee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67702288711906,"sku":"DMcEl25","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0647\/1915\/9522\/files\/Ariosto.png?v=1792027482","url":"https:\/\/gallery33.co.nz\/products\/ariosto-dmcel25","provider":"Gallery 33 New Zealand","version":"1.0","type":"link"}