{"product_id":"penelope","title":"Penelope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist: \u003c\/strong\u003eCharles-François Marchal (French, 1825–1877)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal Dimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e43 1\/2\" x 19 1\/2\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLocation:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Artwork: \u003c\/strong\u003e(ca. 1868) \"\u003cspan\u003eThis painting and its pendant, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhryne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (location unknown), were an immediate success at the Salon of 1868. They are typical of the scenes of fashionable life in Paris that Marchal painted in the decade prior to his suicide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenelope is not represented as the legendary wife of Odysseus but as a contemporary woman, dutifully engaged in needlework as she dreams about her husband, portrayed in the miniature before her. By contrast, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhryne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was intended as an analogy to the classical Athenian courtesan of the same name. Marchal depicted her in an evening dress, glancing provocatively into her mirror as she completes her toilette.\" - (\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.metmuseum.org\/art\/collection\/search\/436970\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York - Penelope\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles-François Marchal","offers":[{"title":"No Size Selected (Select a Size)","offer_id":49679589376243,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Replica Size (43 1\/2\" x 19 1\/2\")","offer_id":49887220728051,"sku":null,"price":1400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Signature Size (26 3\/4\" x 12\")","offer_id":49887220760819,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Classic Size (32 3\/4\" x 14 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887220793587,"sku":null,"price":895.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Gallery Size (40 1\/8\" x 18\")","offer_id":49887220826355,"sku":null,"price":1295.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Statement Size (51 3\/4\" x 23 1\/8\")","offer_id":49887220859123,"sku":null,"price":1995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grand Size (62 1\/8\" x 27 7\/8\")","offer_id":49887220891891,"sku":null,"price":2795.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Estate Size (73 1\/8\" x 32 5\/8\")","offer_id":49887220924659,"sku":null,"price":3695.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Museum Size (87 3\/4\" x 39 3\/8\")","offer_id":49887220957427,"sku":null,"price":4995.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0827\/5738\/6483\/files\/Penelope.jpg?v=1785975687","url":"https:\/\/commissionedpaintings.com\/products\/penelope","provider":"Commissioned Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}