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The Last Judgment: Where Was This Produced?
This painting was probably painted within the Venetian Republic. The Republic of Venice occupied parts of present-day Italy. Its most capital city, Venice, dominated trade on the Mediterranean Sea. Trade in the Mediterranean not only connected Europe and North Africa, but both regions with Arabia and even remoter parts of Asia. Beyond the city of Venice, the Republic controlled significant land on the mainland, as well as small islands off the coast of Croatia. Smaller cities in these territories contributed painters to the Venetian school, suggesting that The Last Judgment could have been created anywhere in the Republic, although it is most likely to have been painted in Venice.
