Italian Collection (#3)

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

MAP OF ITALY, 1631. Map of Italy, 1631, by Johannes Blaeu based on a map by Giovanni Antonio Magini (d. 1617)

Galileo and his daughter Maria Celeste
Galilei Galileo (1564-1642), Italian physicist and astronomer, being guided by his daughter Maria Celeste (1600-1634), a nun

Sketch for the Last Supper
Preparatory sketch in red chalk by Leonardo da Vinci for his fresco of The Last Supper

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

Barber-surgeons, satirical artwork
Barber-surgeons. Satirical artwork depicting barber-surgeons and their patients as monkeys. At bottom, the barber role is being performed, while at top the surgical and medical roles are shown

16th Century Plan of Rome
16th century plan of Rome

ST. THOMAS AQUINAS (1225-1274). Painting attributed to Botticelli, 1481-82

DUCCIO: THREE MARYS. The three Marys at the tomb of Christ. Oil on wood by Duccio di Buoninsegna, c1308-1311

RUDOLPH VALENTINO (1895-1926). American (Italian-born) film actor. With his wife, the actress and costume designer Natacha Rambova (n© e Winifred Shaughnessy), in the 1920s

JESUS & DISCIPLES. Jesus in the Upper Room. Oil on canvas, 1836, by John P. Landis

MONET: BORDIGHERA, 1884. View of Bordighera. Oil on canvas by Claude Monet, 1884

BENITO MUSSOLINI CARTOON. The Triumph of Mussolini : cartoon by W. Schulz on Benito Mussolinis speech of 3 January 1925 establishing his full dictatorship in Italy

TAROT: WHEEL OF FORTUNE From an Italian deck, Milan, c1430

FRANK COSTELLO (1891-1973). American gangster. Photographed by the New York City Police Department, 1935

SEVERINI: RED CROSS TRAIN Passing a Village. Oil on canvas by Gino Severini, 1915

AL CAPONE (1899-1947). American (Italian born) gangster. Al Capones 1928 bulletproof and bombproof Cadillac photographed in 1933

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

Saint Bonaventure, prelate of Seraphic Order. Digitally colored woodcut reproduction of a fresco by John of Florence

Italian fashion in the 1580s
Clothing of Italian ladies from Venice, Milan, and Florence, 1580s. Antique hand-colored woodcut

Italy at night, ISS image
Italy at night. International Space Station (ISS) image of Italy (centre) and the Adriatic coast (right) at night. The island of Sicily is at centre left

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ITALY, Lazio, Rome, Vatican City View from the Dome of St Peters Basilica over the city towards the River Tiber and Castel Sant Angelo with the Colonnade by Bernini around the Square in the foreground

Interior of St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy
Artist: Bayliss, Wyke - Title: Interior of St Marks Basilica, Venice, Italy - Date: 1877 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Canvas 110.2 x 161

18th century astrology
Sun and signs of the Zodiac. Historical artwork of the Sun and Moon surrounded by the twelve signs of the zodiac. The four seasons are depicted in the corners. 18th century engraving from Rome, Italy

Italy, Sicily, Messina Province, Caronia. The medieval hilltop town Caronia, built around a Norman castle

Low angle view of the Torre Del Mangia from Palazzo Pubblico Siena Tuscany
Low angle view of the Torre Del Mangia and decorated windows from the interior courtyard of Palazzo Pubblico Piazza Del Campo Siena Tuscany Italy Europe

NAPLES: PEASANT, 1869. A man and two boys, peasants of Naples, Italy, eating macaroni. Photograph, 1869

GIOVANNI BATTISTA RUBINI (1795-1854). Italian operatic tenor. Rubini in the role of Arturo in I Puritani, by Vincenzo Bellini. French lithograph, mid-19th century

COMMEDIA DELL ARTE. Pantalone, the Dupe, in a performance of the Italian Commedia dell Arte. French woodcut, 17th century

Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Three Peaks, Sesto, Alta Pusteria, Dolomites, Alto Adige, Italy, Europe

Madonna and Child. Berlinghiero (active by 1228, d1236) Italian artist. Tempera on wood, gold ground

The Musicians c1595: Michelangelo Merisi de Caravaggio (1573-1610) Italian painter. Oil on canvas

Italy, Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini
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Lamborghini Marzal 1967

MARGARITA COGNI. Mistress of Lord Byron. Steel engraving, 1832, after a portrait of c1818

CANOVA: HORSE. Model of a colossal horse by Antonio Canova (1757-1822). Steel engraving, 19th century

Guglielmo Marconi, radio inventor
Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist and inventor of the radio. Marconi patented his radio system in Britain, established the Marconis Wireless Telegraph Company in London in 1897

Battaglioli - A Scene from Didone Abbandonata J920112
MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Twickenham, Middlesex. " A Scene from " Didone Abbandonata" by Francesco BATTAGLIOLI (c.1722-c.1790)

Perugia, Italy, he capital city of Umbria, at dawn

Perugia, Italy on the medieval Aqueduct Street in the morning

CJ9 4066 Colin Sowter, Ferrari 348 Challenge
Colin Sowter, Ferrari 348 Challenge, Pirelli Ferrari Formula Classic, organised by the Ferrari Club of Great Britain, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Fawkham, Kent, England, Sunday 19th August, 2021

Summer morning
Sunrise at Alpe di Siusi in the Dolomites. Ales Krivec

Italy, Rome, The Colosseum amphitheatre built by Emperor Vespasian in AD 80 with the interior thronged with tourists

CM25 3280 Mel Freeman, Alfa Romeo 156
Mel Freeman, 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

Europe, Italy, Isle of Capri, Sunrise Over the Sorrento Peninsula

Cavour, Camillo Benso, Count of (Turin, 1810-1861) Italian statesman
Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (Turin, 1810-1861) Italian statesman. Founder of Il Risorgimento (1847). Engraving by Rim. Colored

Europe, Italy, Umbria, Spoleto, Duomo of Santa Maria Assunta

Europe, Italy, Venice. Cannoli for sale seen through a bakery window
Italy, Venice. Cannoli for sale seen through a bakery window. Credit as: Wendy Kaveney / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

AD: TYPEWRITER, c1975. Italian advertisement for Olivetti typewriters. Poster by Robert Vosburgh, c1975

Driver in small red car with bubble top, side view

Italy, Rome, Piazza Navona at Dawn

Venice Opera House Interior, Venice Italy

NEW YORK: MULBERRY BEND. A clam seller on Mulberry Bend in New York City. Photograph, c1900

CM15 7898 Ron Davidson, Alfa Romeo 164
Ron Davidson, Alfa Romeo 164, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

CM15 7526 George Osbourne, Alfa Romeo 75
George Osbourne, Alfa Romeo 75, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

CM15 7528 Chris Snowdon, Alfa Romeo 75
Chris Snowdon, Alfa Romeo 75, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

CM15 7535 Andy Robinson, Alfa Romeo 156
Ooops, Andy Robinson, Alfa Romeo 156, BRSCC, Alfa Romeo Challenge, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Kent, August 14th, 2016, circuit racing, competition, Festival Italia, FIAT, Italian, Kent

CM15 7847 Andy Robinson, Alfa Romeo 156
Andy Robinson, 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 7519 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 8288 Lancia Delta Integrale
Lancia Delta Integrale, Historic Race Car Demonstration, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, August 14th, 2016, Autosport, cars, circuit racing, classic cars, competition, FIAT, Italian, Kent, motorsport

CM15 7564 Gary Culver, Ferrari 328 GTB
Gary Culver, Ferrari 328 GTB, Ferrari Formula Classic, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Sunday 14th August, 2016, 2016, August 14th, Autosport, Brands Hatch, cars, circuit racing, competition, Ferrari

CM15 7629 Vance Kearney, Ferrari F355 Challenge
Vance Kearney, Ferrari F355 Challenge, Ferrari Formula Classic, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Sunday 14th August, 2016, 2016, August 14th, Autosport, Brands Hatch, cars, circuit racing, competition

CM15 7660 Vance Kearney, Ferrari F355 Challenge
Vance Kearney, Ferrari F355 Challenge, Italiano vs Inglese Allcomers, Festival Italia, Brands Hatch, Sunday, August 14th, 2016

ITALY: CAMPO SANTO, c1908. A corridor in Campo Santo showing Hope by Scanzi, Genoa
ITALY: CAMPO SANTO, c1908. A corridor in Campo Santo showing " Hope" by Scanzi, Genoa. Stereograph, c1908

Three nose types, 17th century
Three nose types. 17th-century artwork comparing three noses in profile: small, medium and large

Queen of the Adriatic with thousands of English courtiers. A fine new picture from the Lido, Venice, showing the bathing beach and the Excelsior Palace Hotel. 30 August 1928

Engraved map, 1598, of the heavily-fortified city of Palmanova
ITALY: PALMANOVA MAP, 1598. Engraved map, 1598, of the heavily-fortified city of Palmanova, Italy, built by the Venetians near the Adriatic to prevent Turkish invasions

Pieta, oil on panel. Giovanni Bellini (1426-1516) Italian Renaissance painter. Mourning over the body of Christ before its entombment. Death Grief

Ordination of St Stephen by St Peter. Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro / Giovanni
Ordination of St Stephen by St Peter. Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro/Giovanni da Fiesole c1400-55) Italian painter. Fresco, Chapel of Nicholas V, Vatican Palace

Mount Etna erupting, 2012 C016 / 4639
Mount Etna erupting, 2012. Mount Etna is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 27th April 2012

Davy experimenting at Vesuvius, 1819
Davy experimenting at Vesuvius. 19th-century artwork of British chemist Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) in 1819 carrying out experiments on the slopes of the volcano Mount Vesuvius, near Naples, Italy

Vespasian, Roman emperor
Vespasian (9 AD-79 AD), Roman emperor. Vespasian was the ninth emperor of the Roman Empire, ascending to power after a year of civil wars and ruling for nearly 10 years from 69 AD until his death

(1836-1909). Italian physician and criminologist
CESARE LOMBROSO (1836-1909). Italian physician and criminologist

Lancia Gamma 2500 IE 1982

Europe, Italy, Dolomite Alps. A Swiss Brown cow greets hikers in the Dolomite Alps in northern Italy

GABRIELE D ANNUNZIO (1863-1938). Italian author and soldier. Oil on canvas by Romaine Brooks

UGO FOSCOLO (1778-1827). Italian writer. Line and stipple engraving, 19th century

AZORES, 1528. Map of the Azores Islands. Woodcut from Benedetto Bordones Isolario, Venice, 1528

Mounted goliath beetle ( Goliathus giganteus ).Photographed at Universita degli Studi, Facolta diAgraria di Portici, Naples, Italy

Toasted cheese sandwich

Etruscan vase, 6th century BC
Etruscan vase. Dating from the 6th century BC during the Etruscan era, this vase shows nude people dancing

Luigi Groto, Italian poet
Luigi Groto (1541-1585), Italian poet

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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.