EXCELLENT AND BRILLIANT OIL PAINTING FROM THE FRENCH ARTIST BENJAMIN FREUDENTHAL. Double portrait (after purchase in one piece framed) presented as a diptych (a painting made from two pieces). It shows the young Peter Collins chatting with his spiritual father, Juan Manuel Fangio. In the background we spot Mike Hawthorn, with his eternal smile. Even if they were rivals, Fangio and Collins were very respectful to each other. That year, in 1956, the young British pilot left his car to Fangio whose Ferrari had an engine failure. Giving his car to a teammate was allowed in the fifties. This gesture permitted the Argentinian pilot to catch a fourth title of Formula 1 champion. Measures 95 cm x 58 cm.