Vallombrosa Abbey
Title: Convent of the Vallanbrosa.
Engraver: John Henry Henshall, usually known as Henry Henshall (Manchester 1856 – 18 November 1928 Bosham)
Artist: after a drawing from James Duffield Harding (1798 – 4 December 1863).
Production date: 1832.
Source: The Landscape Annual.
Image size: 9,7x14 cms.
Condition: good.
Vallombrosa is a Benedictine abbey in the comune of Reggello (Tuscany, Italy), about 30 km south-east of Florence, in the Apennines, surrounded by forests of beech and firs. It was founded by Florentine nobleman Giovanni Gualberto in 1038 and became the mother house of the Vallumbrosan Order.