Description
In the last year of his stay in Italy 1837-1839, Richmond wrote a long letter to Joseph Severn, summing up his artistic experience in the Serenissima. Close to the end of the letter, he writes; ‘ ‘ I made a number of little sketches while I stayed, just taking the plan of some of the finest works, and I shall do this wherever I go, Since I came here I have made ten water-colours of the best pictures in the Belle Arti, which I think will be of use to me.
The Accademia di Belle Arti, is home to the painting “Christ Praying in the Garden” by Marco Basaiti.
