TOWARDS EAST & MARCO POLO 

30x42 cm, Watercolour, gouache and ink on paper - 2024 


“Imperatori e re, duchi e marchesi, conti, cavalieri e borghesi, o voi, chiunque siate, che volete conoscere le varie razze umane e le singolarità delle diverse regioni del mondo, prendete questo libro e fatevelo leggere. Troverete qui tutte le immense meraviglie, tutte le grandi singolarità delle grandi contrade d’Oriente.”


"Emperors and kings, dukes and marquises, counts, knights and burgesses, or you, whoever you are, who want to know the various human races and the singularities of the different regions of the world, take this book and let someone read it to you. You will find here all the immense marvels, all the great singularities of the great countries of the East." 

Excerpt from “Il Milione”, Marco Polo