Tuscan · 2026

“Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze”

Palazzo Vecchio rising over Florence — its battlemented tower and arcaded stone façade, warm against a bright Tuscan sky.

Details

TitlePalazzo Vecchio, Firenze

PlaceFlorence, Italy

Year2026

CategoryTuscan

Dimensions14.8 × 21 cm (A5)

TechniqueInk and Watercolor on Clairefontaine paper

Palette of the work

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The subject

Palazzo Vecchio, in Colour

The town hall of Florence again — but this time in full colour, the ochre stone warm in the sun, the great tower climbing into a blue Tuscan sky over the Piazza della Signoria.

Built from around 1299 to a design associated with Arnolfo di Cambio, the Palazzo Vecchio has been the seat of Florence’s government for seven centuries. Its rusticated block and the Torre di Arnolfo — close to ninety-four metres — anchor the Piazza della Signoria, with the copy of Michelangelo’s David and the Loggia dei Lanzi at its feet.

Where my grey version is all weight and shadow, here I wanted the warmth of the stone and the life of the square.

So the washes are warm and the sky open — the building as you actually feel it on a bright Florentine morning.

City: Florence
Square: Piazza della Signoria
Tower: Torre di Arnolfo, ~94 m
Built from: 1299
Here: in full colour

The copy of Michelangelo’s David before the Palazzo Vecchio — David at the gate of the Palazzo Vecchio, on the Piazza della Signoria.Photo: Txllxt TxllxT — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Loggia dei Lanzi beside the Palazzo Vecchio — The Loggia dei Lanzi and the busy square at the foot of the palace.Photo: Txllxt TxllxT — CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The same fortress-palace, but caught in sunlight — ochre stone against a clean blue sky.

Ink keeps the battlements and the tower crisp; the colour does the heat of the stone and the depth of the sky.

It is the companion piece to my Payne’s-grey drawing of the Palazzo — the warm face to the grave one.

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