San Frediano in Cestello, Florence

Sir Muirhead Bone was a Scottish printmaker and watercolor artist noted for his depictions of architectural and industrial subjects, city views, landscapes, in addition to his work as a war artist during both the First and Second World Wars. In 1910, he visited Florence, Italy. This print presents a view across the River Arno to a domed church with an unadorned facade flanked by low buildings. The Baroque-style church is San Frediano in Cestello in the Oltrarno section of Florence; the name cestello derives from the Cistercians who occupied the church in 1628. In the foreground, Bone indicated river activity, including boatmen and a lone man digging in riverbank. A drawing related to this print is in the collection of the British Museum, London; the view in this print is in reverse from this drawing (which represents how the site looked when Bone sketched it).