Showing palm trees and a church tower in the background, the work was produced during a stay in Bordighera on the Ligurian coast of Italy from January to April 1884. He wrote to his art critic friend Théodore Duret "I set up in a fairyland. It would take a palette of diamonds and precious stones". Méditerranée, de Courbet à Matisse, Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 19 septembre 2000 - 15 janvier 2001.
