Pillow Collection (#5)

Attic cup taken from Vulci with dinner guest on tricliniums preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums

Attic cup with drinker and woman preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum Cup Classical, Greek Art, Greece

A bed in the Tomb of the Reliefs at the Necropolis of Cerveteri Cerveteri Necropolis Bed Etruscan Art and Civilization, Italy, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1940 ca

Mosaic depicting Chist enthroned among angels. Byzantine work decorating the dome of the Church of Martorana, Palermo. Palermo Church of Martorana Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe

Cover of a Roman sarcophagus with figure of the deceased lying down, with his head veiled and bay leaf crown around his head, preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican Museums

Etruscan sarcophagus known as Sarcophagus of the Obese Man, with a relief depiction of the deceased carved on the lid; in the National Museum of Tarquinia Tarquinia National Museum of Tarquinia

Attic cup with banquet scene preserved, in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Profane Museum Cup Classical, Greek Art, Greece, Europe

Italian crater with dionysiac scene preserved in the Gregorian Etruscan Museum, Vatican City State of the Vatican City Vatican Museums, Gregorian Etruscan Museum Crater Italy, Europe

Incoronazione della Vergine, mosaico, Jacopo Torriti (attivo 1270-1300 ca.), abside della Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, Roma Rome Basilica of S

Detail of the mosaics of the basin apse of the Cathedral of Monreale, depicting the Madonna Panacrontas enthroned with the Child among angels and apostles

Monument to Giovanni Francesco Brusati built by Luigi Capponi in the Church of S. Clemente, Rome Rome San Clemente Funerary Monument Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Tomb of Cardinal Diego Valdes in the Church of S. Maria in Monserrato, Rome. Rome Church of S. Maria in Monserrato Tomb. Date of Photograph:1917 ca.. Date of Artwork:1506

Detail of the decoration of the sepulchre of Paul V in the Paolina Chapel in S. Maria Maggiore, Rome, depicting the coronation of the pope

Headstones preserved in the Basilica of S. Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome. Rome Basilica of S. Cecilia in Trastevere Slab, Plate, Sheet Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Tombstone of the families Anguillara and Orsini, Church of S. Francesco a Ripa, Rome. Rome Church of San Francesco a Ripa Slab, Plate, Sheet Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Tomb of Callisto III Borgia. Old Grottoes in Vatican: the pope is depicted lying on his deathbed. State of the Vatican City Sacred Vatican Grottoes, Old Grottoes Tomb Early Renaissance, Renaissance

Sepulchral monument to Cardinal Domenico Pimentel, work by Ercole Ferrata according to the design of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Church of S. Maria Sopra Minerva, Rome

Tombstone of a doctor of law, close up of the work preserved in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Rome Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano Monumental Tomb Early Renaissance

Tomb of Cardinal Pietro da Piperno, preserved in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, Rome Rome Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano Funerary Monument Middle Ages, Europe

The tomb of Count Tommaso II of Savoia, located in the Cathedral of Aosta, Val d'Aosta Aosta Cathedral Sarcophagus Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Sala di Paolina (Room of Pauline Bonaparte) in the Borghese Gallery, Rome Rome Borghese Gallery Statue Neoclassicism, Nineteenth century, 19th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Double monument of Cardinal Giovanni Michiel and his nephew Antonio Orso. Done by Jacopo Sansovino. It is located inside of the Church of San Marcello al Corso, Rome

Sepulchral monument of Medea Colleoni, work by Giovanni Antonio Amadeo located in the colleoni Chapel, in Bergamo Bergamo Colleoni Chapel Monumental Tomb Renaissance

Sepulchre of the Cardinals Filippo and Eustachio De Levis. Work by an anonymous artist of the school of Giovanni Dalmata. Basilica S. Maria Maggiore, Rome

Tapestry depicting the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary, by Giusto di Gand, preserved inside the Fermo City Hall Fermo City Hall Tapestry Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Workshop of a coppersmith:relief from the altar of L. Minucio Optato. Exhibited in the Mostra Augustea held in Rome in 1938

Etruscan cinerary urn cover with the figure of the deceased lying down. The urn, formerly in the Bargagli Museum in Sarteano

Etruscan cinerary urn with the representation, on the front, of the killing of Clitennestra by Orestes. The urn, formerly in Bargagli Museum in Sarteano

Cover of an etruscan cinerary urn with the figure of the deceased lying down. The urn, formerly in the Bargagli Museum, is now preserved in the National Archeological Museum in Siena Sarteano

William II offering the cathedral to the Virgin Mary. Mosaic in the cathedral of Monreale Monreale Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Sicilian bed, formerly in the National Museum of Palermo Palermo National Museum Bed Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

The monument to the Doge Francesco Foscari, by Antonio and Paolo Bregno; in the upper part, the Cardinal Virtues can be seen next to the reclining figure of the deceased, and, in the lower part

Statue of Paolina Borghese del Canova, in the room of the same name in the Museum of Villa Borghese, Rome Rome Museum of Villa Borghese, Room of Paolina Borghese Statue Neoclassicism

Tombstone of Domenico Garganelli, preserved in the Medieval Civic Museum of Bologna. Bologna Medieval Civic Museum Tomb Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Tomb of Gimignano Inghirami, Church of San Francesco, Prato Prato Church of San Francesco Funerary Monument Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Sarcophagus with Madonna enthroned, Child and Saints. Work preserved in the Chapel of San Sant'Ambrogio or Torriani, in the Basilica of Aquileia

Detail, with the portrait of the deceased, of the monument to Medea Colleoni in the Colleoni Chapel in Bergamo Bergamo Colleoni Chapel Monumental Tomb Renaissance

Funerary tablet of Ludovico Sforza and Beatrice d'Este, work located inside the Church of the Certosa of Pavia Certosa di Pavia Church of the Certosa Funerary Monument Early Renaissance

Tomb of the Doge Andrea Dandolo, by the De Sanctis family, located in the baptistry of St. Mark's Basilica, Venice Venice St

Lid of an etruscan cinerary urn with the portrait of a fat male character with a plate in his hand; the work is preserved in the National Etruscan Museum in Chiusi Chiusi National Etruscan Museum

Judith and Holofernes, late work by Donatello, formerly in the Loggia della Signoria, now in the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence

A husband and wife; lid of a sarcophagus in the National Archeological Museum in Umbria, Perugia Perugia The National Archeological Museum of Umbria Sculptural Group Etruscan Art and Civilization

Judith and Holofernes, detail with the pillow and the hand of Holofernes, bronze, Donato di Niccol di Betto Bardi known as Donatello (1386-1466), Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio

Rear view of Judith and Holofernes, late work by Donatello, formerly in the Loggia dei Lanzi in the Piazza della Signoria, now in the Sala dei Gigli of the Palazzo Vecchio

Judith and Holofernes, bronze, Donato di Niccol di Betto Bardi said Donatello (1386-1466), Piazza della Signoria, Florence Florence Piazza della Signoria Sculptural Group Early Renaissance

The urn containing the body of St. Clare, Crypt in the Church of Santa Chiara in Assisi Assisi Church of Santa Chiara, Crypt. Date of Photograph:1939

Etruscan sarcophagus from Cerveteri, the ancient Caere, with the reclining figures of the deceased spouses; in the Louvre Museum, Paris France Paris, Louvre Museum Relief

Tomb of Louis de Poncher, imperial counselor; work by the French School, preserved in the Louvre Museum, Paris France Paris, Louvre Museum Monumental Tomb Renaissance

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