{"product_id":"i-granduchi-e-la-stanza-del-caffe","title":"I Granduchi e la Stanza del caffè","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the works housed at Villa La Quiete are the Portraits of Grand Duke Peter Leopold and his wife Maria Theresa of Bourbon, presented here after restoration by Lisa Venerosi Pesciolini. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese are two paintings that meet the canons of official portraiture, copies of portraits already included in the Grand Ducal collections, and known in numerous versions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough archive research, Donatella Pegazzano has succeeded in giving a name to the author, adding a new small piece to the all-female history of Villa La Quiete: Maria Diomira Franchi, a Florentine painter of whom very few memories are preserved and who rightly joins the list of the many women who have animated this place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe two paintings, stolen years ago, are today returned thanks to the recovery of the Carabinieri of the Florence TPC Unit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTogether with the return of the paintings, Maria Maddalena Grossi discusses at length the progress of the project for the restoration, study and valorisation of the heritage of Villa La Quiete and its availability, as well as Raffaele Niccoli Vallesi's curious chapter on the accounts of lunches and breakfasts that the royal family loved to eat here.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sillabe Casa Editrice","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53456574841096,"sku":"9788833404905","price":17.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0929\/7638\/2216\/files\/2511.jpg?v=1773072306","url":"https:\/\/sr1nmq-df.myshopify.com\/en-en\/products\/i-granduchi-e-la-stanza-del-caffe","provider":"Sillabe Casa Editrice","version":"1.0","type":"link"}