EDITION INFORMATION

This portrait is available as part of a strictly limited, artist-signed edition across three print sizes. Each print is individually numbered and produced to archival standards.

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Medium: 18 × 23 inches : 3/25

Large: 28 × 35 inches: 2/10

Extra Large: 40 × 51 inches : 1/3

Once all editions are sold, no further prints will be made.

ABOUT THE WORK

Rendered with a clarity that borders on sculptural, Fresco at Villa Nostra occupies a space between ancient reverie and modern rupture. The title evokes the fragmentary beauty of Roman wall paintings — works half-lost to time yet preserved in gesture and tone. Here, the subject appears less as a model than as a figure unearthed: head tilted back, brow drawn, lips parted in a gesture that suggests neither ecstasy nor anguish, but something more ambiguous — a moment of unguarded release, suspended in tension. His eyes remain closed to us, reinforcing the impression that we are witnessing a private negotiation between the body and its emotional interior.

The composition draws from the visual language of antiquity — the softened backdrop mimicking plasterwork, the drapery recalling classical figuration — yet it departs from idealization. There is strain in the hands, in the forearm, in the neck, rendered not as flaw but as subject. One might think of Michelangelo’s ignudi: figures caught not in action, but in the monumental pause between meaning and motion. This is a portrait that refuses passive beauty. Instead, it invites a reading of the male form as expressive architecture — marked by vulnerability, control, and affective unrest. Fresco at Villa Nostra does not depict a moment; it holds one, like pigment embedded in plaster, as if to suggest that emotion — like fresco — must be pressed into the wall before it can endure.

ARTWORK FORMAT AND MATERIALS

Each fine art print is produced on Hahnemühle Baryta Rag — a museum-grade, 100% cotton archival paper renowned for its luxurious surface and luminous detail. Prints are surrounded by a 1.5 inch white border and are hand-signed and editioned by the artist. Works are shipped unframed to ensure preservation and collector flexibility.

PRICING AND SELECTION

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COLLECTOR NOTES

• ✅ Signed and numbered by Troy Schooneman

• ✅ Archival, museum-grade print quality

• ✅ Strictly limited edition — no reprints once sold out

• ✅ Certificate of Authenticity available upon request

• ✅ Ships professionally packaged and unframed

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