Italian Collection (#2)

Red mullets and ducks, Roman mosaic. Mosaics consist of small pieces of coloured glass or stone, used to form an image or pattern on a floor or wall

Doves on a drinking vessel, Roman mosaic. Mosaics consist of small pieces of coloured glass or stone, used to form an image or pattern on a floor or wall

Roman memento mori mosaic. Mosaics consist of small pieces of coloured glass or stone, used to form an image or pattern on a floor or wall

Russolo: Revolution, 1911
RUSSOLO: REVOLUTION, 1911. The Revolution. Oil on canvas by Luigi Russolo, 1911

Saint Clare statue, St Francis of Assisi churchyard, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico. Digital photograph

Dante
Renaissance poet Dante Aligheri crowned with laurel. Digitally colored engraving

1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF

Europe, 16th century nautical map
Nautical map of Europe, 1544 copy of Agnese Atlas. Several copies of this atlas were produced between 1536 and 1564, in Venice, by the Italian mapmaker Battista Agnese

Graham Hill, Lotus 49. Italian GP 1967

ST. CECILIA AND THE ANGEL. Oil on canvas, c1600, by Carlo Saraceni

ST. CECILIA AND AN ANGEL. Canvas, c1610, by Orazio Gentileschi

2003 Lamborghini Murcielago

Bugatti T 35b Crosthwaite Gardner 1923

DDE-90032186
Tiny beach in the rocky coastline of Amalfi near Praiano, Campania, Italy. Date: 20/01/2009

Trulli houses, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberobello, Apulia, Italy

Europe, Italy, Florence. Cityscape with The Duomo dominating the skyline

Albania, Tirana, Skanderbeg square, buildings in Italian Fascist style

1973 Ferrari Dino 246 GTS

Hermann's Tortoise - in habitat - Tuscany - Italy
RD-267 Hermann's Tortoise - in habitat Tuscany - Italy Testudo hermanni Giacomo Radi contact details: prints@ardea.com tel: +44 (0) 20 8318 1401

Europe, Italy, Sicily, Taormina. Souvenir limoncello

Galileos Jovian moon observations, 1610
Galileos Jovian moon observations. These first six observations of the four largest moons of Jupiter are from the work Sidereus Nuncius (1610) by the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

Marconi with his radio, 19th century
Marconi with his radio, 19th-century artwork. The apparatus consists of a receiver and a transmitter

Orteliuss map of Italy, 1570
Orteliuss map of Italy. This map is from the 1570 first edition of Theatrum orbis terrarum ( Theatre of the World )

GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901). Italian composer. Pastel, 1886, by Giovanni Boldini

Giuseppe Verdi. 19th-century photograph

2009 Pagani Zonda R, Goodwood Festival of Speed

2007 Alfa Romeo Brera

1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF

1993 Lancia Delta Integrale

1972 Lancia Fulvia 1600 HF

vintage mythological artwork

Grand villa overlooking Portofino harbor, Liguria, Italy

An ancient method of hunting tigers around a sphere of glass or mirror trap. Late Roman mosaic in the Corridor of the Great Hunt, Villa Romana del Casale, Piazza Armerina, Sicily, Italy

Long exposure night images of the Bridge of Sighs over the Rio di Palazzo Venice Italy

Transition of St Joseph painter Matteo Chiarelli 18th Century Chapel of the confraternity of St Joseph Primatial Metropolitan

“Apollo”, painting by the Venetian painter, Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675-1741), oil on canvas, 1718

The Italian tennis team captain Adriano Panatta at the Davis Cup playoff, Seul, Korea 1987

Colosseum at sunset, Rome. Rome best known architecture and landmark. Rome Colosseum is one of the main attractions of Rome and Italy

Dantes Inferno, suicides and the Harpies
Dantes Inferno. Canto XIII, line 11: Here [suicide tree] the brute Harpies make their nest (at right: Dante and Virgil)

Carrack, a merchant ship of the late 1400s
Armed Genoese carrack, a merchant ship of the 1400s and 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Italian cooks preparing a meal, 1500s
Cooks preparing food in an Italian kitchen, 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Panini - St Paul preaching at Athens N070481
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " St Paul preaching at Athens" 1737 by Giovanni Paolo PANINI (1691-1765). WM 1505-1948. Pannini

Well in the Piazza Cisterna in San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

Giardini Naxos Beach near Taormina

CM25 4207 Kristian Leith, Alfa Romeo 156
Kristian Leith, Alfa Romeo 156, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Championship, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Fawkham, Kent, England, Sunday 19th August, 2018, 2018, August 19th, Autosport, Brands Hatch, cars

San Michele in Foro, Lucca, Tuscany, Central Italy
San Michele in Foro is a Roman Catholic basilica church in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy, built over the ancient Roman forum

DRACO, 1482. Figuration of the constellations Draco, Ursa Major (Big Dipper), and Ursa Minor (Little Dipper). Colored woodcut from Gaius Julius Hyginus Poeticon Astronomicon, Venice, Italy, 1482

Focaccia, Italian flat bread made from yeast yeast dough with herbs, tomatoes and olives

ELLIS ISLAND, 1921. Italian immigrants arriving at Ellis Island aboard the S. S
ELLIS ISLAND, 1921. Italian immigrants arriving at Ellis Island aboard the S.S. Regina d Italia. Photograph, 1921

Grammatica - The Gamblers N150069
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " The Gamblers" or " Card Players" Antiveduto GRAMMATICA (1571-1626) a follower of CARAVAGGIO. WM 1635-1948

Canova - Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker N150030
APSLEY HOUSE, London. View of Antonio CANOVA (1757-1822) statue of Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker and bust of the Duke of Wellington 1832 by Benedetto PISTRUCCI (1784-1855)

Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla
WWII: ITALIAN POSTER. Italian World War II recruitment poster for the auxiliary service of the 10th Flotilla

DANTE: INFERNO. Charon, ferryman of the river Styx. Wood engraving, 1861, after Gustave Dore

Giordano Bruno, Italian philosopher
Giordano Bruno (1548-1600), Italian philosopher. Bruno was a supporter of the Copernican view that the Earth revolved around the Sun

Rosa - Battle Scene with Classical Colonnade N070555
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Battle Scene with Classical Colonnade" probably 1640s by Salvator ROSA (1615-73). Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria, 1813. WM 1591-1948

Canova - Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker J040041
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Interior view of the principal staircase with the statue of Napoleon holding a figure of Victory by Antonio CANOVA (1757-1822). Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker

Canova - Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker J040043
APSLEY HOUSE, London. Interior view of the principal staircase with the statue of Napoleon holding a figure of Victory by Antonio CANOVA (1757-1822). Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker

Liberality and Modesty J970157
CHISWICK HOUSE, London. " Liberality and Modesty" by Guido RENI (1575-1642 School of). Italian School / Bologna

Batoni - Mrs Robert Sandilands J900217
KENWOOD HOUSE, London. " Mrs Robert Sandilands" 1781 by BATONI, Pompeo (1708-1787)

Venusti - The Annunciation N070573
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " The Annunciation" by Marcello VENUSTI (1512-79). WM 1616-1948. Provisionally Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria 1813

Panini - Capriccio of Roman ruins with Trajans Column J880470
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Capriccio of Roman ruins with Trajans Column" by Giovanni Paolo PANINI (c1692-1765). Pannini

An Unknown Lady called Titians Mistress N070681
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " An Unknown Lady called Titians Mistress ". Titian and his studio. Previously part of the Spanish Royal Collection. Captured at Vitoria 1813. WM 1620-1948

Virgin and Child N070578
APSLEY HOUSE, London. " Virgin and Child" - Italian school c.1600. Doubtfully attributed to Lavinia Fontana (1552-1602). Previously part of the Spanish Royal Collection

Panini - Roman Landscape with the Colosseum J920082
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Richmond, Middlesex. " Landscape with the Colosseum " 1738 by Giovanni Paolo Panini (1691/2-1765). Pannini

Modica, Sicily, Italy with the Cathedral of San Giorgio at twilight

Tre Cime di Lavaredo / Drei Zinnen, three distinctive mountain peaks in the Sexten Dolomites seen from WW1 cave shelter, South Tyrol, Italy, October 2019

Youth Brandishing a Cutlass, Maso Finiguerra (1426-1464)
Iron gall ink on laid paper, Italian School, 15th century. Tommaso Finiguerra was born in Florence, Italy, into a family of goldsmiths

Inside the dome of the Pantheon di Roma church, Rome, Italy

CM23 0183 Andrew Fulcher, Alfa Romeo 147
Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, Sunday 1st April 2018. Andrew Fulcher, Alfa Romeo 147, in the BRSCC Alfa Romeo Championship event held on the TCR UK Race weekend

Street lamp at Basilica San Marco (Saint Marks Cathedral), Venice, Veneto, Italy

CM20 8189 Ian Stapleton, Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV
Ian Stapleton, Alfa Romeo Alfetta GTV, Italiano vs Inglese Allcomers Race, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, August 13th, 2017, Autosport, cars, circuit racing, classic cars, competition, FIAT, Italian

MILAN: LA SCALA, 1866. View of the interior of the Teatro alla Scala from the stage, Milan, Italy. Engraving, 1866

CM15 7854 David Messenger, Alfa Romeo 156
David Messenger, Alfa Romeo 156, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

CM15 7922 Keith Waite, Alfa Romeo 75
Keith Waite, Alfa Romeo 75, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport, racing

CM15 8283 Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo
Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo, Historic Race Car Demonstration, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, August 14th, 2016, Autosport, cars, circuit racing, classic cars, competition, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

GALILEO GALILEI (1564-1642). Italian astronomer, mathematician, and physicist. Under house arrest. Mezzotint, 19th century, after a painting, c1820, by Jean Antoine Laurent

Europe, Italy, Rome. Michelangelos masterpiece sculpture, Pieta (1499). St. Peters Basilica (aka Basilica di San Pietro), Vatican City

Pen and ink studies of the human spinal column by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11
LEONARDO: ANATOMY, c1510. Pen and ink studies of the human spinal column by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11

Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand
LEONARDO: HANDS, c1510. Pen and ink studies by Leonardo da Vinci, c1510-11, of the human hand

Italian World War II poster. Here are the liberators. Shows the Statue of Liberty as an angel of death, with Italian cities destroyed after US bombing

Venice building foundations, artwork C016 / 7703
Venice building foundations. Computer artwork showing the foundations of a typical building in Venice, Italy

Costume worn by members of the Brotherhood of Mercy when dealing with victims of the plague
BROTHERHOOD OF MERCY. Costume worn by members of the Brotherhood of Mercy when dealing with victims of the plague. Studio photograph, Florence, Italy, c1900

SPAGHETTI VENDOR, c1908. Spaghetti vendor serving food in Naples, Italy. Photograph, c1908

ITALY: BAGNI di LUCCA, c1875. View of the Devils Bridge at Bagni di Lucca, on the Lima River in the north of Tuscany, Italy. Wood engraving, c1875, after Harry Fenn

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Discover the rich tapestry of Italian culture and history through these captivating images. From a mesmerizing Roman seafood mosaic to the iconic Puccini: Tosca poster, each piece tells a unique story. Journey into the depths of Dante's Divine Comedy with its intricate frontispiece, or explore Leonardo da Vinci's fascination with skull anatomy. Marvel at Filippo Brunelleschi's visionary design for Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral in Florence, while Gustave Doré's wood engraving brings to life Beatrice leading Dante into the Empyrean in Paradiso. Immerse yourself in the spiritual world as St. Francis of Assisi preaches to birds, capturing his profound connection with nature. Visit Punta Secca and step into Inspector Montalbano's fictional TV detective house, where mystery awaits around every corner. Canaletto's breathtaking depiction of Thames showcases Italy's influence beyond its borders. Experience a haunting glimpse into history with an eerie 17th-century artwork depicting a plague doctor amidst times of darkness and despair. Admire Donatello's masterful craftsmanship in The Pazzi Madonna sculpture that exudes timeless beauty. Finally, let your imagination wander along the enchanting Bay of Naples during the 1800s, where picturesque landscapes meet vibrant coastal life. Italian heritage is woven within these diverse glimpses - from artistry and spirituality to architectural marvels and natural wonders - offering a tantalizing taste of this remarkable country.