Bel Collection

World Fair - General Motors - Futurama - Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes designed the General Motors Pavilion, known as Futurama, for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Date: circa 1939

The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The Syn
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669). Dutch painter. The Wardens of the Amsterdam Drapers Guild, known as The Syndics, 1662. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Philippe IV Le Bel / Anon
PHILIPPE IV LE BEL ( the Fair ) King of France, a ruthless and ambitious ruler who inter alia suppressed the Templars and installed popes at Avignon

Philippe IV Le Bel / Jones
PHILIPPE IV LE BEL ( the Fair ) King of France, a ruthless and ambitious ruler who inter alia suppressed the Templars and installed popes at Avignon

Philippe IV Le Bel
PHILIPPE IV LE BEL ( the Fair ) king of France, a ruthless and ambitious ruler who inter alia suppressed the Templars and installed popes at Avignon

Inside a Zurkhaneh, traditional Iranian or Persian gymnasium. Two men wrestle at koshti pahlavani, while athletes train with meels, Indian clubs, and musicians play drums and cymbals

Syria, Palmyra. Temple of Bel (Baal)
Syria, Palmyra. Ancient city, documented already in the 2nd millennium. General view of the Roman Temple of Bel (Baal), supreme god of the Palmyrians. (Oasis of Tadmor)

Tombs in the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria. Sepolcri di Palmira. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Courtyard of the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria
View of the courtyard of the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria, Prospetto della Corte del Tempio di Palmira. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

Plan, tomb and column from the Temple of Bel, Palmyra, Syria
Plan, tomb and column from the Temple of Bel or Baal, Palmyra, Syria, Pianta della Corte del Tempio di Palmira. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giovanni Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios

1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air Date: 1955

Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria - The Theatre Date: circa 1905

Bell Heaven mansion, Trivandrum, Kerala, India
Bell Heaven (or Bel Haven) mansion, Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram), Kerala, India. Date: circa 1910

Philippe Iv / Boizot
PHILIPPE IV LE BEL ( the Fair ) King of France, a ruthless and ambitious ruler who inter alia suppressed the Templars and installed popes at Avignon

Women in front of the site of Palmyra, Syria
Two native women, one of them carrying a basket on her head, walking from the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Palmyra in central Syria

Classical singer with piano accompanist. early 20th century

The Idol of Bel - Daniel 14. circa 1690

Victoria, Mahe, from Bel Air, Seychelles
Victoria, Mahe, Seychelles, taken from Bel Air. 1914

Fanny Persiani, Italian opera singer
Fanny Persiani (1812-1867), Italian opera singer (soprano). circa 1840s

Palmyra, Syria - Coumn and view toward Temple of Bel
Palmyra, Syria - A lone column and view towards the Temple of Bel (Baal) Complex. circa 1980s

Palmyra, Syria - Columns and Temple of Bel (Baal)
Palmyra, Syria - Columns and view toward the Temple of Bel (Baal). The temple ruins were destroyed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in August 2015. circa 1980s

Roman Art. Temple of Bel. Relief depicting the god Aglibol, god of the Moon, presumably with his right arm on fruit offerings. Syria. Palmyra

Syria. Palmyra. Great temple of Bel. 1st century A. C
Roman Art. Syria. Palmyra. Great temple of Bel, built under Tiberius in 19 A.C.. Oasis of Tadmor

Louis Comte D evreux
LOUIS comte d EVREUX French military commander, son of Philippe III, younger brother of Philippe IV le Bel. Date: 1276 - 1319

Chevrolet Bel Air
The Chevrolet Bel Air Coupe is the car to drive if you re attending a rodeo in the West. Date: 1950

Mother Begs Kiss
Mon bel ange, baises-moi (My beautiful angel, give me a kiss...) Date: circa 1850

Fish market, Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa. Date: circa 1909

Monument, Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa
Monument at Sidi-Bel-Abbes, NW Algeria, North Africa -- French Foreign Legion, Honour and Loyalty. Date: circa 1920

Six people and a dog outside a cafe, France
Six people and a dog outside the Cafe du Bel-Air, France. Date: circa 1910s

Maupassant, Guy de (1850-1893). French writer. Title page of Bel-Ami, in an edition of the collected works of Guy de Maupassant printed in Paris. SPAIN. CATALONIA. Barcelona

Boy scouts on a hike, Bel Air, Mauritius
Diocesan boy scouts on a hike through the woods, Bel Air, Mauritius, August 1937. Date: 1937

ARRUDA, Francisco de (?-1547). Tower of Bel魮; 1514-1520. PORTUGAL. Lisbon. Santa Maria de Bel魮 Detail of one of the bastions and the wall

above Lausanne - Switzerland - Pension Bel Horizon, at Le Mont, a hamlet above Lausanne Date: 1951

Maupassant Photo
GUY DE MAUPASSANT French writer, author of La maison Tellier, Bel-Ami and much more, but who ended insane, photographed in 1890. Date: 1850 - 1898

Bellini, Vincenzo 1801 - 1835
Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini. Sicilian opera composer and the quintessential composer of Bel canto opera

Puccini Butterfly Arrang
Arrangement of Un bel di vedremo (One fine day) for soprano and piano

Queen Isabella Flees
Isabella, Queen of Edward II, flees to France and is received by Charles le Bel

Philippe IV
PHILIPPE IV LE BEL ( the Fair ) King of France, a ruthless and ambitious ruler who inter alia suppressed the Templars and installed popes at Avignon

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

Marie De Luxembourg
MARIE DE LUXEMBOURG second queen of Charles IV le Bel, King of France

Blanche De Bourgogne
BLANCHE DE BOURGOGNE first queen of Charles IV le Bel, King of France, who married her in 1308 but repudiated her in 1322 after both her children had died young

Templars Burn (Mouchot)
Jacques de Molay and other leading Knights Templar are hastily burnt at Paris, on the orders of Philippe le Bel, king of France

Armoured Horse and Man
A French horse-soldier, period of Philippe le Bel : both man and horse are well protected against bowmen, though the horse seems dangerously vulnerable to infantry

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