Dei Collection

Birth of Venus. Alessandro (Sandro) Botticelli
BOTTICELLI, Alessandro di Mariano dei Filipepi, also called Sandro (1445-1510). The Birth of Venus. ca. 1485. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Oil on wood

CELLINI, Benvenuto (1500-1571). Perseus. 1554

Agnus Dei by ZURBARAN, Francisco de (1598-1664). Baroque art. Oil on canvas

St. Trinita dei Monti, Rome, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Cha
Italy. Sicily. Palerm. Palace of the Normans. Byzantine mosaics at the Palatine Chapel. Christ with Saint Peter and Paul above the throne stage. 12 th century

Angel playing a lute, Melozzo da Forli
Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494). Italian painter. Fresco depicting an Angel playing a lute. From the Church of the Twelve Holy Apostles. Pinacoteca Vaticana. Vatican City. Date: circa 1480

Italy. Rome. Pons Fabricius. 62 BC
Italy. Rome. Pons Fabricius. Built in 62 BC by Lucius Fabricius. Tiber Island

Seminara (Italy). Sanctuary Madonna dei Poveri
Madonna dei Poveris Sanctuary. ITALY. Seminara. Madonna dei Poveris Sanctuary. Reconstructed after the earthquake of 1908. Late Byzantine art. Architecture

Wall paintings from various houses in Pompeii
Candelabra (left) from the Casa del Panettiere or House of the Baker, VII.III.30, candelabra (right) and frieze (top) from House of Caecilius Iucundus, V.I.26

Costumes of the Achaemenid kings of Persia
Costumes of the Achaemenid kings. King Cyrus the Great on his golden throne, King Xerxes I under parasol, Persian king riding a quadriga or four-horse chariot, and on a galley

Castello Dei Cesari Restaurant, Rome 1920s
A representation of the Castello Dei Cesari Restaurant, lit up at night, Rome 1920s Date: 1920s

Wall paintings of candlesticks from the House
Trompe l oeil wall paintings of candlesticks from the House of Castor and Pollux, Pompeii, excavated 1828. Handcoloured lithograph by Berth after an illustration by Wilhelm Zahn from his Ornament of

Allegorical scene with Flora, Botany, Physics and Pomona
Flora, crowned with a garden of flowers, offering floral tributes to three figures - Botany (shown holding an alembic), Physics (who is looking through a magnifying glass)

The Palazzo Pazzi (Palazzo della Congiura or Palazzo Pazzi-Quaratesi) - a Renaissance-style palace in Florence, Tuscany, Italy

Florence, Tuscany, Italy - Loggia dei Lanzi. Date: circa 1920

Piazza Delle Erbe, Verona
A painting of the Piazza Delle Erbe, a market square in Verona, northern Italy, filled with figures walking in all directions, one is carrying a crying baby

Justinian's Codex, Book V. XIII (Fragment)
Single folio, parchment, from Justinian's Codex. The text on this leaf is from Book V.XIII Dei Uxoriae Actione 1.1.a. Main body text and marginal gloss with additional minute gloss on verso

Divine Comedy. Fifth Canto of the Purgatory. Dante talks wit
Divine Comedy. Epic poem written by Dante Alighieri between 1308 and his death in 1321. Dante talks with Pia dei Tolomei, one of the three people who died violently. Engraving by Gustave Dore. Colored

Torre dei Lamberti, Piazza delle Erbe, Verona, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Basilica of Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Venice, Italy
Interior, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (The Frari), Venice, Italy. Date: circa 1950s

Vintage 19th century photograph: Bridge of Sighs, Ponte dei Sospiri. The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars

The Loggia dei Lanzi, Loggia della Signoria, Florence, Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: The Loggia dei Lanzi, also called the Loggia della Signoria, is a building on a corner of the Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, adjoining the Uffizi Gallery

Palazzo dei Podesta, Florence, Firenze, Italy
19th century vintage photograph: Palazzo dei Podesta, Florence, Firenze, Italy

Spoonleaf treebine, Cissus obovata (Achit caustique, Cissus caustica) Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Wild mignonette, Reseda lutea

Pussy willow or goat willow, Salix caprea, Salcio caprigno, Salica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Laurent de Jussieus Dizionario delle Scienze Naturali

Fossils of extinct sea urchins: Echinocorys (Ananchites) 1, Galerites globulosus 2, and Nucleolites patella 3. Ananchite ovale, Galerite globuloso, Nucleolite patella

Costumes of the inhabitants of Schwyz, Switzerland, 18th century. The bride in the center wears a bonnet decorated with flowers, earrings and necklace. Abitanti di Schwitz

Costumes of the peasants of Zurich, Switzerland, 18th century. Contadini Zurighesi. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Entlebuch family in costumes for a confirmation ceremony, Switzerland, 18th century. Vestiario nell occasione della Cresima nelL Entibluch

The tomb of the prophet Jeremiah, 1800s. Tomba di Geremia. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Sepulchres of the kings of Judah, 1800s. Sepolcri dei Re di Giuda. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient and Modern of the Peoples of the World

Entrance to the Tomb of Absalom and Cave of Jehosophat. Ingresso all Tombe di Assalonne e di Giosofat. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Tomb of the Virgin Mary, Gethsemane, 1800s. Tomba della Vergine Maria a Getsemani. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Carocci after Giulio Ferrario in his Costumes Ancient

Muslim woman in prayer ritual Namaz
Muslim woman standing, bowing and prostrating herself in the prayer ritual Namaz or Salah. Musulmane che fanno il Namaz. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Migliavacca after Giulio Ferrario in his

Final scene of a Dervish dance, Rifai order. Penitents in ecstasy grasp red-hot scimitars and have their wounds treated by the sheikh. Followers of Shaikh Ahmed er-Rifai

Dance of the whirling Dervishes of Mawlawi Tawagozi. Sufi Dervishes in tall hats dance in a circle to accompaniment by musicians on drums, psaltery and sistrum. Ballo dei Dervisch Mewlewi

Two Sufi Dervish devotees at prayer
Two Dervish penitents performing prayer rituals in a Dervish lodge. One with his hair tied to the ceiling with a cord, and another with band around hands and knees holding prayer beads

Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon
View of the Temple of Bacchus within the Heliopolis, or Temple of Baalbek, Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. Elevazione del Tempio di Balbec

Greek torch race. Athletes race each other without extinguishing their torches. From an altar of Prometheus. Corsa delle fiaccole

Theodosius I on horseback with sceptre. Theodosius the Great with sceptre, plumed helmet and caparisoned horse. From a column in Istanbul built after his victory over Magnus Maximus. Porta Aurea

Peasants dancing in fields, Austria, 1822. Men and women dance together to music from a fiddler and recorder. Danze dei Contadini dell Austria

Peasant wedding in a village in Austria, 1822. Musicians play violin and pipes leading a procession with bride and groom from a church. Nozze di villagio dei contadini dell Austria

Descent into the Hallein Salt Mine, Austria, 18th century. Visitors sliding down wooden rails holding torches. Also known as the Salzbergwerk Dürrnberg, near Salzburg

Triple deities of the ancient Germans, Mairae or Mairabus
The triple deities or mother goddesses of the ancient Germans, Mairae or Mairabus. Inscribed: In honorem Domits divinae diis Mairabus Dee madri o matrone

Plan and elevation of the Baths of Titus, Rome. Thermae Titi, public baths built by Emperor Titus. Terme di Tito. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Corsi from Giulio Ferrarios Costumes Ancient

Representations of several scenes of the Castello Dei Cesari Restaurant, Rome 1920s, which had a wonderful view of the Palatine Hill Date: 1920s

A view of Rio dei Miracoli, Venice, 1929 Date: 1929

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