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Landscape with the Castle of Massa di Carrara  1827

by Leo von Klenze

A medieval castle stands on a hilltop overlooking small buildings, ruins, and olive and cypress trees. This work depicts Massa, a town near Genoa on the northwest coast of Italy. The painting is particularly rich in details: the leaves of the trees shimmer, the buildings' edges are precisely delineated, and the plain clothing worn by peasants in the foreground is carefully...
Size: 
77.2 x 101 cm
Medium: 
Oil on canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of The Getty

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