Illustration from the article "notice on val-ombrosa in tuscany", a. L. Castellan, annales des voyages, de la geography et de l'histoire, paris, f. Buisson, 1808, volume 2, p. 332-356. In the apennine mountains in tuscany (not far from pratolino mentioned in volume 6 of the annals of travels) the abbey, a convent is hidden in the heart of a fir forest. During a pilgrimage, the artist antoine-laurent castellan retraces the history and functioning of this “asylum of tranquility” and the arts. Work belonging to the historical library of the ministry of agriculture, deposited at the mrsh caen. File: unicaen_b_141182210_b3322_332.
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