Heavens Collection (#3)

Rear wall painting of the Upper Hall glorifying George I (1660-1727
BTN208090 Rear wall painting of the Upper Hall glorifying George I (1660-1727) and the House of Hanover, 1718-24 (see also 208091, 7797 & 28499) by Thornhill, James (1675-1734); Royal Naval College

The Lord Creating the Sun and Moon, 1566-69 (pen & ink, chalk
ALM403436 The Lord Creating the Sun and Moon, 1566-69 (pen & ink, chalk, wash and white heightening on paper) by Zuccaro, Federico (1542-1609); 32.1x26.2 cm; Allen Memorial Art Museum

Sketch for The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, 1760 (oil on canvas) (see also 145074)
XIR181969 Sketch for The Apotheosis of the Pisani Family, 1760 (oil on canvas) (see also 145074) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); 140x96 cm; Musee des Beaux-Arts, Angers

Amerigo Vespucci navigating by the stars on his 3rd voyage (colour litho)
CHT174193 Amerigo Vespucci navigating by the stars on his 3rd voyage (colour litho) by French School; Private Collection; (add.info.: Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)

Mary before God the Father, watched by the four Church Fathers (tempera on poplar wood)
BFM286516 Mary before God the Father, watched by the four Church Fathers (tempera on poplar wood) by Italian School, (16th century); 47x62 cm; Lindenau Museum, Altenburg

Part of an Altar Piece depicting God the Father with Three Angels, c. 1500 (tempera on wood)
BFM286527 Part of an Altar Piece depicting God the Father with Three Angels, c.1500 (tempera on wood) by Fungai, Bernardino (1460-1516); 19.3x25.3 cm; Lindenau Museum, Altenburg

Putti (chalk on paper)
BAT282760 Putti (chalk on paper) by Bronzino, Agnolo di Cosimo (1503-72); Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe, Galleria Degli Uffizi, Florence, Tuscany, Italy; Photo eNicol Orsi Battaglini; Italian

Cupid, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching)
NCO191258 Cupid, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1799 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 24.7x19.8 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford; English

Pair of 12-inch celestial and territorial globes (mixed media)
MFR348320 Pair of 12-inch celestial and territorial globes (mixed media) by Blaeu, Willem (1571-1638); 30.48 cm; Private Collection; Dutch, out of copyright

The Death of St Andrew Avellino (oil on canvas)
450096 The Death of St Andrew Avellino (oil on canvas) by Piazzetta, Giovanni Battista (1683-1754); 65.6x48.5 cm; The Holburne Museum, Bath, UK; eHolburne Museum; Italian, out of copyright

Eclipse viewed from Moon (chromolitho)
3651685 Eclipse viewed from Moon (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Eclipse viewed from Moon)

Variable Stars (chromolitho)
3651678 Variable Stars (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Variable Stars. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on the subject of Romance of)

"Mock Moons"(chromolitho)
3651652 " Mock Moons" (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Mock Moons." Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards)

Neap Tides (chromolitho)
3651644 Neap Tides (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Neap Tides. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on the subject of Romance of)

Copernicus, the moon (engraving)
3621586 Copernicus, the moon (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Copernicus, the moon)

Virtue and Abundance, 1760 (fresco transferred to canvas)
3618013 Virtue and Abundance, 1760 (fresco transferred to canvas) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); diameter: 289.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

North Pole, Plate 1 from Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, pub
3075757 North Pole, Plate 1 from Globi coelestis in tabulas planas redacti descriptio, pub. 1674 (hand coloured engraving) by Pardies

Advertisement for Osram lamps - arm stretches down from the Heavens Date: 1919

Illustration from Daphne by Alfred de Vigny, 1924 (colour litho)
CH438765 Illustration from Daphne by Alfred de Vigny, 1924 (colour litho) by Schmied, Francois-Louis (1873-1941); 30x24 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Swiss, out of copyright

Giant Stars (chromolitho)
3651681 Giant Stars (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Giant Stars. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on the subject of Romance of)

Aurora Australis (chromolitho)
3651679 Aurora Australis (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Aurora Australis)

Formation of the Moon (chromolitho)
3651643 Formation of the Moon (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Formation of the Moon)

Lunar Crater (chromolitho)
3651649 Lunar Crater (chromolitho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lunar Crater. Illustration for one of a set of cigarette cards on the subject of Romance of)

Phaeton Alarm d, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1808 (etching, engraving
NCO189785 Phaeton Alarm d, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1808 (etching, engraving, aquatint & w/c) by Gillray, James (1757-1815); 34x37.4 cm; Courtesy of the Warden and Scholars of New College

The Apples of the Hesperides (chromolitho)
2782725 The Apples of the Hesperides (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Apples of the Hesperides)

A lunar landscape (engraving)
3621584 A lunar landscape (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A lunar landscape)

Signs of the Zodiac including Battling Centaurs, detail from the vault of the
BEN95816 Signs of the Zodiac including Battling Centaurs, detail from the vault of the Sala del Mappamondo (Hall of the World Maps) c.1574-5 (fresco) by Vecchi

The Sala di Aurora (Hall of the Dawn) detail of the ceiling depicting Dawn
BEN107107 The Sala di Aurora (Hall of the Dawn) detail of the ceiling depicting Dawns chariot, 1621 (tempera on panel) by Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri) (1591-1666)

Ms 3469 Illumination from the Physics by Aristotle (384-322 BC) (vellum)
BMR157443 Ms 3469 Illumination from the Physics by Aristotle (384-322 BC) (vellum) by French School, (14th century); Bibliotheque Mazarine, Paris

Group of Sa-La-Mo-Bi-Ya masks (colour litho)
980454 Group of Sa-La-Mo-Bi-Ya masks (colour litho) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Group of Sa-La-Mo-Bi-Ya masks)

The Spirits in Jupiter (engraving)
876943 The Spirits in Jupiter (engraving) by Dore, Gustave (1832-83); Private Collection; (add.info.: Published by Cassell c.1890)

The Ascension, 1881 (stained glass)
3475395 The Ascension, 1881 (stained glass) by Morris, William (1834-96); St James Church, Staveley, UK; eAlastair Carew-Cox; English, out of copyright

Chart of the heavens showing the constellations in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (colour litho)
2813111 Chart of the heavens showing the constellations in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres (colour litho) by English School

Turkey - National song
LLM456229 Turkey - National song by Job, pseudonym for Onfray de Breville, Jacques (1858-1931); Private Collection; (add.info.: Turkey - National song)

God creating the sun, the moon and the stars in the Firmament, c. 1650 (oil on copper)
CH430203 God creating the sun, the moon and the stars in the Firmament, c.1650 (oil on copper) by Brueghel, Jan the Younger (1601-78)

The Angels in the Planet Mercury, illustration from The Dore Gallery, published c. 1890 (digitally enhanced image)
LLM438662 The Angels in the Planet Mercury, illustration from The Dore Gallery, published c.1890 (digitally enhanced image) by Dore

Castor and Pollux, 1731 (engraving)
STC404047 Castor and Pollux, 1731 (engraving) by Picart, Bernard (1673-1733); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; French, out of copyright

Venus and Adonis (oil on canvas)
FTB95854 Venus and Adonis (oil on canvas) by Ricci, Sebastiano (1658-1734); Musee des Beaux-Arts, Orleans, France; Italian, out of copyright

The Annunciation (tempera on copper)
BFM286506 The Annunciation (tempera on copper) by Italian School; 30.3x37 cm; Lindenau Museum, Altenburg, Germany; (add.info.: Verkuendigung an Maria; ); Bildarchiv Foto Marburg

Frontispiece to The Rudolphine Tables compiled by Johannes Kepler
XJF294062 Frontispiece to The Rudolphine Tables compiled by Johannes Kepler, published in 1627 (engraving) (b/w photo) by German School

The Story of a Clever Terriers Stratagem (engraving)
1046698 The Story of a Clever Terriers Stratagem (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Story of a Clever Terriers Stratagem)

The Wonders of the Heavens (engraving)
959656 The Wonders of the Heavens (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Wonders of the Heavens)

The Chariot of Aurora, 1761-9 (oil on canvas)
3086899 The Chariot of Aurora, 1761-9 (oil on canvas) by Tiepolo, Giovanni Battista (Giambattista) (1696-1770); 90.2 x 72.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Devout Woman Praying Before a Cross, 1902 (silver print)
3036224 Devout Woman Praying Before a Cross, 1902 (silver print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Vintage photograph of a devout woman looking towards the heavens)

Three Guardian Angels, 1822 (oil on canvas)
2622349 Three Guardian Angels, 1822 (oil on canvas) by Kadlik, Franz (1786-1840); Private Collection; Photo eGraphicaArtis; Bohemian, out of copyright

The Holy Fire (Das Heilige Feuer) plate 9 from Part 1 of a
REY124332 The Holy Fire (Das Heilige Feuer) plate 9 from Part 1 of a Dangerous Path to the Stars from the series Per Aspera ad Astra (etching) by Uhl, Joseph (1877-1945); Private Collection; German

Daughters of the Mist (oil on canvas)
WDM204745 Daughters of the Mist (oil on canvas) by Morgan, Evelyn De (1855-1919); 98x45 cm; De Morgan Collection, courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation; (add.info)

A Landscape on the Moon (colour litho)
5210966 A Landscape on the Moon (colour litho) by Wright, Henry Charles Seppings (1850-1937); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Landscape on the Moon)

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"Heavens: A Celestial Tapestry Unveiled" Step into a world where celestial mechanics and medieval artwork intertwine, revealing the ethereal beauty of heavens. From the intricate brushstrokes depicting Tsai Shen Yeh, the Chinese God of wealth, to the vibrant colors in "The Creation" reproduction from the Sarajevo Haggadah, this captivating journey through art and spirituality will leave you spellbound. Marvel at W. Heath Robinson's imaginative portrayal of God and his Angels, as they dance across the canvas with grace and majesty. The Junction Picture takes us on a visual odyssey through Adam and Eve's Family Tree, an engraving that traces our ancestral roots back to 1556. Intriguingly, we encounter Wotan and Frea amidst their divine presence; their mythical allure transcends time itself. Cosmas' perception of planet Earth offers a unique perspective on our place in the vast cosmos - a humbling reminder of our interconnectedness with all living beings. As we delve deeper into this celestial realm, Agostino Veneziano's masterpieces come alive before our eyes. Saint Matthew exudes wisdom while Saint Luke emanates compassion; both saints immortalized by Veneziano's artistic prowess. Finally, Saint Mark captivates us with his enigmatic gaze - each stroke capturing his essence flawlessly. In these artworks lies more than mere depictions; they are portals to another dimension where heaven meets earth. They invite us to contemplate life's mysteries beyond what meets the eye - reminding us that there is more to existence than what can be quantified or explained. So let your imagination soar as you immerse yourself in these heavenly creations – for within them lies a glimpse into something greater than ourselves – an eternal beauty waiting to be discovered.