A View of the Common Fishing Place on the Arno without Sr Fredians Gale at Florence.

Title

A View of the Common Fishing Place on the Arno without Sr Fredians Gale at Florence.

Description

Decorativ view of the toscan city Florenz at the river Arno, with fisher boats in the foreground.

ca. 1780

Artist

Basset (1750-1840)

Basset was a Paris print publisher, printseller, wallpaper manufacturer and the son of André Basset. He married in 1787 and was very active during the revolutionary period. He was situated in Paris at rue Saint Jacques no.64 ), his firm remained at least until 1885.

Historical Description

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany, at the river Arno. Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered the birthplace of the Renaissance, and has been called the Athens of the Middle Ages. A turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city was the capital of the recently established.