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Titolo dell'opera:
View of Genoa in 1481
Acquisizione:
1922
Autore:
Grassi, Cristoforo
Epoca:
Inventario:
3486
Misure:
Unità di misura: m; Altezza: 2.22; Larghezza: 4.08
Tecnica:
tela- pittura a olio
Descrizione:
The painting is the most famous of the works representing medieval Genoa. Copy of a lost fresco, which was to celebrate the completion of a monumental work of the extension of the Old Pier: which, together with the ancient lighthouse, occupies the central part of the painting. The port arch and the city fan out over it as a crown. Below a flotilla of galleys celebrate the return of Paolo Fregoso - cardinal and doge of Genoa - from Otranto, where he had participated in the expedition against the Turks who had besieged the city. view of Genoa in 1481
