Gesture Collection (#9)

Satirical group portrait Italy. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

A young half-dresssed thai boy looking at the horizon, sitting on a wooden window sill Asia Siam. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Young smiling Thai woman, pusshing a large container Asia Siam. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Young Thai woman sitting inside a house Asia Siam. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Two helf dressed thai girls, whilst waiting to bathe Asia Siam. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

A young Thai woman, in traditional costume, photographed in front of a stream of water Asia Siam. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

The Satyr and the Farmer; painting by Jacob Jordaens. Musee de Beaux Arts, Brussels Painting Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Prophet Isaiah, detail of the face. Fresco by Michelangelo. Sistine Ceiling, Vatican City Mural Painting High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Relief representing the imperial Quadriga, driven by a Virtus, bearing Titus accompanied by a Victoria who is crowning him; work conserved in the Arch of Titus

Sleeping lion, detail of the Monument of Pope Clemente XIII; work by Antonio Canova kept in St.Peter's Basilica, the Vatican State of the Vatican City St.Peter's Basilica

The wife of Ananias dead on the steps of the Temple, drawing by Raphael, in the Albertina Gallery in Vienna Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

The Miraculous Fish Catch, study by Raphael, in the Albertine Gallery in Vienna Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Study of a male figure in a toga; drawing by Raphael. British Museum, London Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

The tomb of Pope Julius II, preparatory drawing by Michelangelo, Cabinet of Drawings and Prints, Uffizi Gallery, Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery

Woman in front of a mirror; pictorial work by Titian. The Louvre, Paris Painting High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Monument to Maria Clementina Sobieski Stuart.Sculptural work by Filippo Barigioni, standing in the Chapel of the Presentation, in the Basilica of St.Peter's

La Pieta Sculptural work by Antonio Montauti, standing in the Corsini Chapel of the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Rome Basilica of San Giovani in Laterano

Statue of St.Andrea, work by Francois Duquesnoy kept in St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican State of the Vatican City St.Peter's Basilica Statue Baroque

Study for The Miraculous Fish Catch; drawing by Raphael in the Albertine Gallery of Vienna Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Statue dedicated to Saint Antonino Abate, protector of Sorrento. Sculptural work by Tommaso Solari, located in the Piazza di Sant'Antonino, in Sorrento Sorrento Statue Nineteenth-Twenty century

Study of figures in various attitudes and studies for the Last Supper; drawing by Leonardo da Vinci preserved in the Louvre Museum in Paris Drawing High Renaissance, Renaissance

The Cicada, marble statue sculpted by Giovanni Biggi located at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. Rome The Gallery of Modern Art Statue Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe

The Assumption of the Virgin Mary, panel from Giambologna's school, collocated in the central portal of the Cathedral of Pisa

Illuminated page, fourteenth century Florentine School, Van Marle Collection. Italy Van Marle Collection Illumination Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Madonna and Child, wooden sculpture, in the Van Marle Collection in Solomeo, Corciano Corciano Solomeo, Van Marle Collection Sculpture Romanesque, Middle Ages, Europe

Bacchus seated, Greco-Roman bronze, National Archaeological Museum, Florence Florence Bronze Statuette Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1920-1930 ca

Two Etruscan bronze statuettes, located at the Archaeological Museum in Florence. The statuettes are seen fom behind. Greve in Chianti The Archaeological Museum Statuette Etruscan Art

Two Etruscan bronze statuettes, found at The National Archaeological Museum in Florence. The statuettes are seen from the front

View of the rim and base of the Cup of Agamemnon and Briseis and the Racing Cup, Etruscan Museum, Tarquinia. Tarquinia Etruscan Museum Goblet Etruscan Art and Civilization, Italy, Europe

Crowned Madonna with Child, sculpture by Antonello Gagini located in the Church of Saint Mary of Jesus, in Catania. Catania Church of Saint Mary of Jesus Statue High Renaissance, Renaissance

Queen Esther. Sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Saint Cita Church in Palermo. Palermo Saint Cita Church Statue Eighteenth Century, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Two putti facing each other. Stucco-work by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Rosary Oratory in Palermo. Palermo Rosary Oratory Sculpture Late Baroque, Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Putto on the shoulders of another putto. Stucco-work by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Rosary Oratory in Palermo. Palermo Rosary Oratory Sculpture Late Baroque, Baroque

Bronze statuettes taken from Pompeii, depicting two Camilli, a torso and two Putti. National Archaeological Museum of Naples

Praying angel: sculpture by Matteo Civitali, in the Chapel of the Sacrament, in St. Martin's Cathedral, Lucca. Lucca St

Five marble statues of various male figures, National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Statue Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Marble statue of the emperor Titus Flavius Domitian, National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Statue Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Marble statue of an athlete with his right arm raised. Originally part of the Farnese Collection, it is now found at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples

Central detail of the marble altarpiece carved by Riccomanni, on the high altar in the Pieve of San Pantaleone, in Elici, near Pietrasanta, Versilia Pietrasanta Elici

The Redeemer enthroned, the Virgin and St. John the Evangelist. Apse mosaic by Cimabue and Vincino da Pistoia, in the Cathedral of Pisa Pisa Cathedral Mosaic Middle Ages, Europe

Marble statue of an athlete, located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Florence The Uffizi Gallery. Statue Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1915-1920 ca

Announcing angel, by a follower of Nino Pisano, in the National Museum of San Matteo in Pisa Pisa National Museum of San Matteo Statuette Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Pure lymph, by Annibale De Lotto, in the National Gallery of Modern Art in Rome Rome National Gallery of Modern Art Statue Styles and Movements before 1945, International Art of 20th Century

Bronze statuette from Pompeii, depicting Wealth between two Camilli. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Bronze Statuette Roman Art, Europe

Arches with bas-reliefs by Antonello Gagini, under which are a painting representing a Madonna with Child and a statue of a saint between candelabra. Palermo Church of S

Two putti playing. Stucco sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Rosary Oratory in Palermo. Palermo Rosary Oratory Sculpture Late Baroque, Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Two putti. Stucco sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Rosary Oratory in Palermo. Palermo Rosary Oratory Sculpture Late Baroque, Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Luck. Stucco sculpture by Giacomo Serpotta, located in the Rosary Oratory in Palermo. Palermo Rosary Oratory Sculpture Late Baroque, Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

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