TWG262240 Drowning of the Doctor, c.1845 (oil on canvas) by Watts, George Frederic (1817-1904); 25.4x20.3 cm; Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey, UK; (add.info.: This oil sketch is an early idea for Watts??? major fresco painting at the villa Careggi outside Florence: The Drowning of the Doctor of Lorenzo de??Medici. Cosimo de???edici built Careggi; later, in the era of his grandson Lorenzo Magnifico, it became a gathering place for intellectuals. Watts loved tales from Italian history, including those about the fabulously rich and powerful Medici rulers. He chose an alleged incident after Lorenzo??? suspicious death when his doctor, Pier Leoni, met a gruesome end as he was wrestled into the well at the villa); 穢 Watts Gallery ; 穢 Trustees of Watts Gallery; English, out of copyright.