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Florence Collection (#10)

Florence, a city steeped in history and art, has been a muse for countless creative minds throughout the ages

Background imageFlorence Collection: Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background

Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo)
8856843 Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo) by Pazzi, Enrico (1819-99); Opera di Santa Croce, Florence

Background imageFlorence Collection: Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background

Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo)
8856842 Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo) by Pazzi, Enrico (1819-99); Opera di Santa Croce, Florence

Background imageFlorence Collection: Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background

Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo)
8856830 Dante Alighieri statue in Florence, Tuscany region, Italy, with an amazing blue sky background, Europe, 2021 (photo) by Pazzi, Enrico (1819-99); Opera di Santa Croce, Florence

Background imageFlorence Collection: Roofs of Via Nazionale in Florence, c.1867 (oil on panel)

Roofs of Via Nazionale in Florence, c.1867 (oil on panel)
8832535 Roofs of Via Nazionale in Florence, c.1867 (oil on panel) by Fattori, Giovanni (1825-1908); 13.5x20.5 cm; Istituto Matteucci, Viareggio

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Galleria Pitti, Interno Della Sala Della Madonna Della Seggiola (b/w photo)

Firenze, Galleria Pitti, Interno Della Sala Della Madonna Della Seggiola (b/w photo)
8674720 Firenze, Galleria Pitti, Interno Della Sala Della Madonna Della Seggiola (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Galleria Pitti)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi (b/w photo)

Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi (b/w photo)
8674712 Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Palazzo Strozzi)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Galleria Degli Uffizi, La Tribuna (b/w photo)

Firenze, Galleria Degli Uffizi, La Tribuna (b/w photo)
8674704 Firenze, Galleria Degli Uffizi, La Tribuna (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Galleria Degli Uffizi, La Tribuna)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Il Duomo, Facciata (b/w photo)

Firenze, Il Duomo, Facciata (b/w photo)
8674699 Firenze, Il Duomo, Facciata (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Il Duomo, Facciata)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli, Viale Dei Cipressi (b/w photo)

Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli, Viale Dei Cipressi (b/w photo)
8674727 Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli, Viale Dei Cipressi (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli, Viale Dei Cipressi)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Certosa, Interno Della Chiesa (b/w photo)

Firenze, Certosa, Interno Della Chiesa (b/w photo)
8674718 Firenze, Certosa, Interno Della Chiesa (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Certosa, Interno Della Chiesa)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli Con Anfiteatro (b/w photo)

Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli Con Anfiteatro (b/w photo)
8674715 Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli Con Anfiteatro (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Giardino Di Boboli Con Anfiteatro)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Palazzo Della Signoria (b/w photo)

Firenze, Palazzo Della Signoria (b/w photo)
8674701 Firenze, Palazzo Della Signoria (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Firenze, Palazzo Della Signoria)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. memory of the aviation on the 50th anniversary of

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. memory of the aviation on the 50th anniversary of the Italian Unification
5313744 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. memory of the aviation on the 50th anniversary of the Italian Unification. Florence from the Viale dei Colli

Background imageFlorence Collection: Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Official Postcard. March-April 1910

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Official Postcard. March-April 1910
5313741 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Official Postcard. March-April 1910; SeM Studio/UIG

Background imageFlorence Collection: Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Campo di Marte. The old parade ground offer the first

Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Campo di Marte. The old parade ground offer the first provisional hospitality
5313739 Pioneers of Italian aviation: Florence. Campo di Marte. The old parade ground offer the first provisional hospitality to the aerial machines. 1910; SeM Studio/UIG

Background imageFlorence Collection: Naval battle between Florence and Pisa. Detail. Cinquecento living room ceiling

Naval battle between Florence and Pisa. Detail. Cinquecento living room ceiling
BEN5477020 Naval battle between Florence and Pisa. Detail. Cinquecento living room ceiling. Mannerist painting by Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574), 1565

Background imageFlorence Collection: Italy Tuscany Florence - Sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571 - Sculptor, Founder

Italy Tuscany Florence - Sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571 - Sculptor, Founder, Drawer and Gold-Plated
JEB4947633 Italy Tuscany Florence - Sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini 1500-1571 - Sculptor, Founder, Drawer and Gold-Plated; (add.info)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Representation of Cristoforo Landino (1425-1498) Italian humanist teaching beautiful letters at

Representation of Cristoforo Landino (1425-1498) Italian humanist teaching beautiful letters at the Neoplatonician
ELD4951573 Representation of Cristoforo Landino (1425-1498) Italian humanist teaching beautiful letters at the Neoplatonician academy (Accademia neoplatonica) (Neoplatonism mediceen)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Sugar apple

Sugar apple
5855239 Sugar apple; (add.info.: Sugar apple, Annona squamosa. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Horned grebe and great northern loon

Horned grebe and great northern loon
5855235 Horned grebe and great northern loon; (add.info.: Horned or Slavonian grebe, Podiceps auritus, and great northern loon, Gavia immer)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Winged-stem passion flower

Winged-stem passion flower
5855234 Winged-stem passion flower; (add.info.: Winged-stem passion flower, Passiflora alata, with fruit. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Southern cassowary and emu head

Southern cassowary and emu head
5855230 Southern cassowary and emu head; (add.info.: Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius. Vulnerable. With head of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Autograph tree

Autograph tree
5855228 Autograph tree; (add.info.: Autograph tree, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Fruit bats

Fruit bats
5855225 Fruit bats; (add.info.: Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, and red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat, Stenoderma rufum)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat

Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat
5855224 Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat; (add.info.: Greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus, and greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans

Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans
5855220 Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans; (add.info.: Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Screw pine, Pandanus utilis

Screw pine, Pandanus utilis
5855218 Screw pine, Pandanus utilis; (add.info.: Screw pine, Pandanus utilis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra

Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra
5855212 Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra; (add.info.: Grey currawong, Strepera versicolor, and black-tailed tityra, Tityra cayana)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island)

Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor
5855196 Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor; (add.info.: Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Apple banana

Apple banana
5855193 Apple banana; (add.info.: Apple banana, Musa acuminata -- balbisiana. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica

Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica
5856781 Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica; (add.info.: Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Palm cockatoo and ground parrot

Palm cockatoo and ground parrot
5855222 Palm cockatoo and ground parrot; (add.info.: Palm cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus, and eastern ground parrot, Pezoporus wallicus)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager

Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager
5855211 Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager; (add.info.: Satin bowerbird (male), Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, and magpie tanager, Cissopis leveriana

Background imageFlorence Collection: Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla

Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla
5855200 Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla; (add.info.: Leaf fungi, Circinaria epiphylla. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Cowslip, Primula veris

Cowslip, Primula veris
5855177 Cowslip, Primula veris; (add.info.: Cowslip, Primula veris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science, " Florence, Italy, 1837)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite

Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite
5855158 Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite; (add.info.: Long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, and gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado

Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado
5855157 Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado; (add.info.: Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
5855154 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium; (add.info.: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine de Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Statue of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, known as Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368), architect, painter

Statue of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, known as Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368), architect, painter, sculptor
YOU4419684 Statue of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, known as Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368), architect, painter, sculptor, Italian goldwort, pupil of Giotto di Bondone and Andrea Pisano

Background imageFlorence Collection: Statue of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), Italian botanist

Statue of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), Italian botanist, considered one of the father of modern mycology
YOU4419659 Statue of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), Italian botanist, considered one of the father of modern mycology, Sculpture by Vincenzo Consani (1818-1888)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Florentine Histories, Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1550 (engraving)

Florentine Histories, Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1550 (engraving)
CUL4864969 Florentine Histories, Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1550 (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (16th century); (add.info.: MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). Italian writer, thinker and politician

Background imageFlorence Collection: Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885

Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885
LUX4713445 Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885; (add.info.: Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine

Background imageFlorence Collection: Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) in the gallery Pitti

Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) in the gallery Pitti, 1890
LUX4716032 Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) in the gallery Pitti, 1890; (add.info.: Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Florence: The sculpture of Persee showing the head of Meduse sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini

Florence: The sculpture of Persee showing the head of Meduse sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
LUX4715555 Florence: The sculpture of Persee showing the head of Meduse sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) in the loggia of the Lanzi (or the Seigneury)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, aka Mme d'Epinay

Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, aka Mme d'Epinay
3253050 Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, aka Mme d'Epinay; (add.info.: Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, 1726-1783)

Background imageFlorence Collection: Mountain of the Sciences, 1850

Mountain of the Sciences, 1850
3507380 Mountain of the Sciences, 1850; (add.info.: Illuminated page depicting the Mountain of the Sciences with Moses, The Dominican T)

Background imageFlorence Collection: A view of Florence, Tuscany, Italy from the terrace of San Miniato, in the late 19th century

A view of Florence, Tuscany, Italy from the terrace of San Miniato, in the late 19th century
2963183 A view of Florence, Tuscany, Italy from the terrace of San Miniato, in the late 19th century. From Italian Pictures by Rev. Samuel Manning, published c.1890

Background imageFlorence Collection: Firenze, Via Strozzi

Firenze, Via Strozzi
2909870 Firenze, Via Strozzi; (add.info.: Firenze (Florence, Italy) the Via Strozzi, 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG




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Florence, a city steeped in history and art, has been a muse for countless creative minds throughout the ages. From the masterpieces of Gozzoli and Benozzo di Lese to the intricate Carta della Catena map, this enchanting place has inspired generations. In 1490, as depicted in the Map known as Della Catena by Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli, one can witness the breathtaking view that captivated Dante Alighieri himself. The Italian poet gazes upon his beloved Beatrice with admiration and longing. The vibrant colours of a woodcut print bring to life the spirit of Florence. Just like Florence Nightingale, who earned her nickname "The Lady With The Lamp" for her tireless dedication to nursing during wartime. Her selflessness shines through centuries later. A princess peers into a mirror, perhaps reflecting on her own beauty amidst Florence's grandeur. And just like the elusive Ghost plant or Indian pipe that blooms mysteriously in its shadows, there is an air of mystique surrounding this captivating city. Perseus and Medusa statue at Loggia dei Lanzi stands tall as a testament to Florentine bravery and resilience. It echoes Michelangelo's David nearby – both sculptures embodying strength and grace that define Florence itself. Santi di Tito's portrait captures Niccolo's essence perfectly - his eyes filled with wisdom gained from living in this remarkable city where art thrives around every corner. Even beyond its borders, Florence leaves an indelible mark on popular culture. The Supremes' iconic image showcases not only their talent but also how far-reaching Florence's influence truly is - transcending time and geography. Florence remains timeless; it continues to inspire artists across various mediums even today. Its allure lies not only in its rich history but also in its ability to ignite creativity within those fortunate enough to experience its magic firsthand.