This picture shows the River Arno with the Ponte Santa Trinita - which was built between 1567 and 1570 by Ammanneti - and the Ponte Vecchio beyond. On the left bank is the Palazzo Gianfigliazzi which formed part of a complex of buildings owned by that family the central one of which had been built in the 14th century, and was later lived in by the Countess of Albany and Vittoria Alfieri, and then by Francois Xavier Fabre. Further along the bank is the Palazzo Feroni and the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio. On the right bank of the river is the facade of the Palazzo Missioni and, only just visible, the Palazzo Caponi.

The picture is based upon an engraving by V. Francheshini of 1744 which formed part of a volume of prints of views of Florence and was in turn based on a drawing by Giuseppe Zocchi (now in the Pierpoint Morgan Library, New York; see Florence Exhibition Catalogue op.cit, nos. 78 and 79).

There are however some topographical variations between the Zocchi and Patch's view which is not entirely justified by the slight difference in viewpoint. Beyond the Medieval tower of the Palazzo Gianfigliazzi, which Patch has suppressed, he includes the Cupola of Santa Maria del Fiore whereas in the Zocchi view only the Brunelesschi Lantern is seen. Patch has also omitted the tip of the Campanile san Jacopo Sopr'Arno which in the Zocchi rises above the Palazzo Missioni.