The infatuation with the Grand Tour, the initiatory trip to Italy undertaken by young English, Russian, French aristocrats to complete their classical education, spread throughout the Europe f the Enlightenment.
The new curiosity for Italians cities like Rome, Naples and obviously Venice, prompted an increase in interest in landscape painting and production of souvenirs, including scale models of famous monuments.
This new art of living also led to the creation of specific travel accessories: folding furniture, overnight cases, watercolor boxes.