Tuscan Patio in Tuscany Original Oil Painting Art. Get a feel for the old world and the Tuscan countryside with this beautiful landscape. Tuscany, especially Florence, is regarded as the birthplace of the Renaissance. Though "Tuscany" remained a linguistic, cultural and geographic conception, rather than a political reality, in the 15th century, Florence extended its dominion in Tuscany through the annexation of Arezzo in 1384, the purchase of Pisa in 1405 and the suppression of a local resistance there (1406). Livorno was bought as well (1421). This oil painting has a delightful setting with a single palm tree growing from a look out point over the Mediterranean landscape.