one of several surviving medieval and later gateways into the beautiful hilltop town of Recanati in Le Marche, here depicting the more prosaic interior view and the everyday life that has thrived around it, oblivious, since first erected in the 14th century, and given its present grand facade in the 18th century in honour of the visit of Pope Pius VI,
oil on board, 37 x 20 cm (14 1/2 x 8 in), signed and dated,