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Titolo dell'opera:
The island and city of Chios
Acquisizione:
Paolo Vassallo 22/01/1907 - acquisto
Ambito culturale:
ambito italiano
Object Type:
painting
Epoca:
1601 - 1700 - XVII
Inventario:
3317
Misure:
Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 140; Larghezza: 216
Tecnica:
olio su tela
Ultimi prestiti:
ex museid
Descrizione:
Christopher Columbus visited the island in his youth, where he developed his plan to find an alternative ‘route to the Indies’ to the one that had been blocked by the Turkish advance. The painting depicts the Greek island, a Genoese colony since 1346, famous for the production of mastic, a resin extracted from the mastic tree.
