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Andreuccio from Perugia in the avello of Vescovo

Renzo Vespignani1967

Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio

Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio
Certaldo, Italy

The drawing represents Andreuccio from Perugia who, forced by his companions to overcome fear, is going to enter the bishop's avello to rob the corpse of the precious vestments(novella quinta, day three of The' Decameron ' by Giovanni Boccaccio). After the war Renzo Vespignani is one of the exponents of the second generation 'realist', joins the group of 'realism' and 'Portonaccio', dealing with urban subjects (factories and city suburbs)

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  • Title: Andreuccio from Perugia in the avello of Vescovo
  • Creator: Vespignani Renzo
  • Date Created: 1967
  • Physical Dimensions: h 318, w 201 mm
  • Type: drawing
  • Rights: Comune Certaldo
  • Medium: white cardboard
  • Art Genre: cardboard
  • Art Movement: PRINT
  • Art Form: contemporary art
  • Depicted Person: characters from the Decameron stories
  • Depicted Topic: Decameron stories
Palazzo Pretorio e Casa Boccaccio

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