A Small Landscape on Canvas with a Storm, a Gypsy Woman and a Soldier

Or, to be more precise, Giorgione's "The Tempest", 1507-1508.

In essence, what we have before us is the first landscape in the history of painting.

Yes, yes, exactly so. Giorgione's "The Tempest (The Storm)" is the first true landscape, the first picture in which the space of the canvas given over to the figures turns out to be secondary to the place set aside for nature.

Moreover, in all likelihood it is also the first depiction of lightning in painting.

A quiet masterpiece of the Venetian school. Held in the Gallerie dell'Accademia in Venice

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