Etching "Piazza della Signoria in Florence"

Etching by the Florentine artist Giuseppe Zocchi (1716–1767) depicting the feast of the patron Saint John the Baptist in Piazza della Signoria, Florence. The caption below the image bears the title: View of Palazzo Vecchio and the Grand Ducal Loggia, and of the Square with the tribute celebrations held on the feast of St John the Baptist, protector of the City. The print is from the volume Scelta di XXIV vedute delle principali contrade, piazze, chiese e palazzi della città di Firenze, published in Florence in the summer of 1744 and dedicated to Grand Duchess Maria Theresa of Austria.

The views in the series combine the 17th-century Florentine tradition with the study of contemporary Venetian models and the use of the camera obscura, resulting in a precise and analytical rendering of urban spaces.

Origin: Tuscany, 1744

Dimensions: cm 50 x 70

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