Canton painting, Villa La Petraia, Florence, Tuscany, Italy

View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Image Size: 7087x4725 / 9.7MB; www.manuelcohen.com; 16th century 1780 18th century boat building Canton Canton Corridor Cantonese Castello China Chinese chinoiserie coast color image colour image Cosimo I de Medici culture detail Dutch East India Company East India Company eastern Europe European Firenze Florence geography gouache Guangzhou Guangzhou Corridor harbor harbour heritage history home horizontal house houseboat imported indoors inside interior international Italian Italy landscape Medici Medici family Medici Villa museum oriental orientalist painting painting on silk Pietro Leopoldo port ship silk Southern Europe Southern European Toscana tourist attraction town trade Tuscany UNESCO UNESCO World Heritage Site view View of the Port of Canton villa Villa La Petraia Villa Medicea visitor attraction
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View of the Port of Canton, detail, a 9m long gouache painting on silk c. 1780 of the port of Canton in China where in the 18th century porcelain, silks and lacquers were shipped to Europe, in the Guangzhou Corridor or Canton Corridor, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting was bought by Pietro Leopoldo, Grand Duke of Tuscany. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen