Canton painting, Villa La Petraia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy
View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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1780 Bought Cantonese Castello Chinoiserie Corridor Cosimo Firenze Forms Gouache Guangzhou Houseboat Imported Lacquers Leopoldo Medicea Medici Orientalist Petraia Shipped Silks Toscana
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