Genova dal Giardino Durazzo al Zerbino (Genoa from the Giardino Durazzo al Zerbino)
c. 1857
Medium
lithograph on chine colle on wove paper
Dimensions
image: 20.5 × 27.7 cm (8 1/16 × 10 7/8 in.) sheet: 34 × 48.7 cm (13 3/8 × 19 3/16 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-E
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Rosenwald Collection
Accession Number
1980.45.1566
Rights
Public Domain
Art Historical Context
This lithograph by Leopold Zanetti Borzino offers a serene panoramic view of Genoa as seen from the Giardino Durazzo al Zerbino, a historic terraced garden overlooking the Lig port city. Created around1857, the captures the layered rooftops harbor, and distant hills with delicate precision, reflecting the mid-nineteenth-century fascination with vedute—topographic city views that celebrated both natural beauty and urban development during Italy’s Risorgimento era. Executed as a lithograph on chine collé mounted to wove paper, the work exemplifies a technique prized for its ability to convey su...