# British Gentlemen at Sir Horace Mann's Home in Florence

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## Artwork

- Artist: [PATCH, Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas

## Commentary

In this canvas the painter depicts himself with the consul Horace Mann. The role of consuls in Italy between the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was exceptionally important because these men were de facto ambassadors.

## Related artworks

- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(1\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-1-rb34cb67352cb4c>)
- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(2\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-2-rfb5c95e4bf65f4>)
- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(3\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-3-r0472065b2df56b>)
- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(4\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-4-r41518d39b5ccad>)
- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(5\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-5-r3f185042e1e7af>)
- [Fresco scenes from the Manetti Chapel \(6\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/fresco-scenes-from-the-manetti-chapel-6-r383028c45e9a7b>)
- [View of an Italian Harbour](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/patch-thomas-r2fe98ef966e3fd/view-of-an-italian-harbour-rfe5a5a08cb28de>)

## Attribution

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