Painting on site near the hill town of Monteriggione

Day 2 of the trip here in Tuscany, and I am getting into a rhythm. The prey today, the medieval walled town of Monteriggione, about 15 kilometers from Siena. I saw it yesterday from the setting of a wheat field, with the town way off in the distance. The painted view is identical to what could have been seen 800 years ago. You can see a wheat field bathed in searing sunlight in the foreground, with the walled town in deep shade under an approaching storm. I just missed getting soaked.

From Wikipedia: "Sitting on a small natural hillock, this completely walled medieval town in the Siena Province of Tuscany was built in the 13th century by the overlords of Siena to command the Cassia Road running through the Val d'Elsa and Val Staggia just to the west of Monteriggioni...Modern day artists are just as impressed: Monteriggioni, so evocative of the Medieval period, has been featured in a number of films and television commercials.

And now also in this painting.