Palazzo Collection (#37)

Palazzos along the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy

Hercules and Cacus, 1525-1534. White marble statue at entrance to Palazzo Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy. Baccio Bandinelli (1493-1560) Florentine artist

Campanile and Doges Palace, St Marks Square, Venice, Italy Italy Venice St Marks Square The Campanile and Doges Palace

Roma - Palacae of Montecitorio, 1910
Roma - Palace of Montecitorio, 1910. Seat of the Italian Parliament. Originally built for Prince Ludovisi by Bernini. The Palazzo Montecitorio is a palace in Rome

Palazzo Negroni, Montepulciano, c1900 (1913). Artist: Walter Frederick Roofe Tyndale
Palazzo Negroni, Montepulciano, c1900 (1913). From An Artist in Italy by Walter Tyndale, R.I. [Hodder and Stoughton, London, New York, Toronto, 1913]

Italian Scene, c1744. Artist: Richard Wilson
Italian Scene, c1744. Paintings held at the National Museum of Wales. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXXI. [The Connoisseur Ltd. London, 1928]

The Queens Private Sitting Room at Osborne, c1899, (1901). Artist: Hughes & Mullins
The Queens Private Sitting Room at Osborne, c1899, (1901). Osborne House is a former royal residence in East Cowes, Isle of Wight

The Queens Dining Room at Osborne House, c1899, (1901). Artist: HN King
The Queens Dining Room at Osborne House, c1899, (1901). The Queens Dining Room was converted into a temporary chapel for the lying in state of Queen Victoria in 1901

Fondaco De Turchi, Venice, c1853. Artist: John Ruskin
Fondaco De Turchi, Venice, c1853. From The Studio Volume 19. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1900]

The Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Grand Canal, Venice, Italy. The 17th century Church of Santa Maria della Salute, designed by Baldassare Longhena, is in the background. Stereoscopic card detail

Roma - Farnese Palace, 1910. Began for Cardinal Farnese by Antonio da Sangallo, it was continued by Vignola and completed by Michelangelo

Statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
Statue of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Rome, Italy. The last of the so-called Five Good Emperors, Marcus Aurelius ruled from 161 until his death in 180

The Dogana, Venice, Italy, 19th century. Artist: E Goodall
The Dogana, Venice, Italy, 19th century

The Ca d Oro, Venice, Italy, c19th century. The Ca d Oro (correctly Palazzo Santa Sofia) is regarded as one of the most beautiful palazzos on the Grand Canal in Venice

Palazzo Bernardo, 19th century. Artist: Victor Adam
Palazzo Bernardo, 19th century. From a series of views of Venice. The palace was built in the 1440s. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Palazzo Giovanelli, 19th century. Artist: Victor Adam
Palazzo Giovanelli, 19th century. From a series of views of Venice. The palace dates from the 15th century. Found in the collection of the State Art Museum, Tula, Russia

Venice, 19th century. Artist: Felix Francois Georges Philibert Ziem
Venice, 19th century. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

The Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, 19th Century
Vintage engraving of the The Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, 19th Century. The Grand Pacific Hotel (1873a'1895) was one of the first two prominent hotels built in Chicago, Illinois

Venice, Italy - Canonica Canal - Palazzo Trevisan-Cappello. Date: circa 1895

Venice, Italy - Doges Palace - Doges Palace. Part of Box 186 Boswell Collection - Venice. The Doges Palace (Italian: Palazzo Ducale) is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style

The Palazzo Pubblico (Public Palace), Republic of San Marino
Republic of San Marino - The Palazzo Pubblico (Public Palace) - prior to extensive re-modelling at the end of the 19th century. At this stage it was still called the Palazzo del Principe

Venice, Italy - Palazzo Contarini Fasan (Casa di Desdemona) Date: 1914

Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy. Date: circa 1920

Palazzo Nobili-Tarugi, Piazza Grande, Montepulciano, Italy
Palazzo Nobili-Tarugi on the Piazza Grande, Montepulciano, Italy. Date: circa 1908

Naples, Italy - Piazza Giovanni Bovio (formerly the Piazza Borsa) - with the Stock Exchange Building (Palazzo della Borsa)

Grand Canal - Palazzo Mocenigo - Venice, Italy - with inset portrait of Lord Byron wh lived here between 1816 and 1819, with 14 servants, 2 monkeys, a fox and two mastiff dogs!! Date: circa 1906

Michele Marieschi (1710-1744). The Grand Canal, Venice, with
Michele Marieschi (1710-1744). Known as Michiel. Italian painter. The Grand Canal, Venice, with Ca Pesaro and Palazzo Foscarini-Giovannelli, from the Campiello of the Palazzo Gussoni

Sarcophagus with processus consularis. Detail. Rome, 270 BC
Roman Art. A lenos sarcophagus with processus consularis (a procession for the appointment of a Consul). Detail. Greek marble. Rome, 270 BC. Palazzo Massimo Alle Terme. Rome. Italy

Italy. Rome. Spadas Palace. Built in the 16th century and renovated in the 17th century by Francesco Borromini (1599-1667). Courtyard

Italian Chamber of Deputies. Exterior. Rome
Italy. Rome. Italian Chamber of Deputies. Located at the Montecitorio Palace, started by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) and continued by Carlo Fontana (1634-1714) and Ernesto Basile (1857-1932)

Augustus ( 63 BC A?i? 14 AD). First Emperor. Statue Via Lab
Augustus ( 63 BC A?i? 14 AD). Was the founder of the Roman Empire and its first Emperor, ruling from 27 BC-14 AD. Statue Via Labicana Augustus. Augustus as Pontifex Maximus. 12 BC

Medieval vase shape as a mammal. Ceramics
Medieval vase shape as a mammal. Local Ceramics. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Fibula of animalistic style. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Gold ornaments of a belt. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Reconstruction of a medieval shield. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Necklace. Stone. Middle ages
Necklace. Middle Ages. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Gold crossbow fibula. 5th century. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Rome. Italy

Italy. Rome. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages. Exter
Italy. Rome. National Museum of the Early Middle Ages (Museo dell Alto Medioevo). Exterior

Parma. Pilotta Palace. Exterior
Italy. Parma. Pilotta Palace of the Farnese family. 16th century. Exterior

Faustina the Younger. Bust
Faustina the Younger (125-175). Daughter of Roman emperor Antoninus Pius. Bust. 175 AD. Found in Villa Altieri. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Basin with reliefs of a marine procession (Thiasos). Rome. I
Basin with reliefs depicting a procession (Thiasos) with Tritons and Nereids with weapons forged by Hephaestus for Achilles. Pentelic marble. Found in the Hospital of the Holy Spirit (Rome). 120 BC

Italy. Rome. Senatorial Palace (City Hall). 13th - 14th centuries. First, equestrian statue of emperor Marcus Aurelius. Campidoglio Square

Griffin. Vessel
Vessel in form of griffin and horn. Found in Via Tiburtina. Penthelic marble. 1st century BD. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Fresco. Columbarium. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy
Fresco. 1st century. Columbarium of a Villa Doria Pamphili. Detail. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Commemorative plaque to Augustus on behalf of the freeman L. Lucretius Zethus. From Via di Monte Brianzo. 1st century AD. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Frieze of the Basilica Emilia. Roman National Museum. Italy
Frieze of the Basilica Emilia depicting episodes of the origins of Rome. 2nd century BC. Roman National Museum. Palazzo Massimo. Rome. Italy

Portonaccio sarcophagus
Roman Art. Italy. Portonaccio sarcophagus. Dated in the 2nd century. Tomb of a Roman general who participated in the German campaigns against Germanic barbarians with the Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Cinerary urn with reliefs depicting Heracles (Hercules) beginning in the Eleusinian Mysteries. Detail. White marble. From the columbarium near Porta Maggiore

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