A Caricature Group in Florence (painting)
Ownership/credit: Purchased with support from Art Fund.
Licence: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Descriptions
Patch, originally from Exeter, travelled in Italy in 1747 and settled in Florence in 1755. At that time, Florence was a key venue for the English gentry on the Grand Tour of Europe, and in this work Patch has satirised the attitudes of cultural tourists aspiring to be connoisseurs.
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