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Giovanni Collection (#8)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Battista Rubini

Giovanni Battista Rubini (1794 - 1854), Italian tenor and one of the most famous singers in Europe in the 1830s and 1840s

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Mombasa - Kenya - Fort Jesus

Mombasa - Kenya - Fort Jesus
Fort Jesus at Mombasa, Kenya - overlooks the entrance to the old port and was built by the Portuguese between 1593 and 1596 to protect the trade routes to India and East Africa

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Italian conjuror Bartholomeo Bosco

Italian conjuror Bartholomeo Bosco
Print of etching of Italian conjuror, Bartholomeo Bosco, drawn in 1838

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Poster advertising Palermo

Poster advertising Palermo, Sicily, showing the 12th century Norman church, San Giovanni degli Eremiti (St John of the Hermits)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800

Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800
Italian musical composer of the Classical era. Famed for his many operas, oratorios and religious works

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni D Cassini Oval

Giovanni D Cassini Oval
GIOVANNI DOMENICO CASSINI later Jean-Dominique, first Director of the Paris Observatory, who discovered four of Saturns moons between 1671 and 1684

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Cartosa, Pavia

Cartosa, Pavia
The Cartosa di Pavia, a Carthusian foundation, was founded in 1390 by Giovanni Gabazzo Visconti

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Ciampoli

Giovanni Ciampoli
GIOVANNI BATTISTA CIAMPOLI Italian writer

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Da Bologna

Giovanni Da Bologna
GIOVANNI DA BOLOGNA Italian sculptor

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Papal Jubilee / Cardinals

Papal Jubilee / Cardinals
At the start of the Papal Jubilee, he deputes three cardinals to open the gates of San Giovanni Laterano, Santa Maria Maggiore and San Paolo, Rome

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia
LUCREZIA BORGIA, duchese di Ferrara, married thrice for political reasons to Giovanni Sforza (annulled), Alfonso of Aragon (murdered) and Alfonso d Este, duca di Ferrara

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Sforza

Giovanni Sforza
Gian Maria Visconti (or Giovanni Maria Visconti 1388-1412) Duke of Milan

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Catherina Sforza

Catherina Sforza
CATHERINA SFORZA wife of Giovanni Maria Sforza, Italian noble of the ruling house of Milano

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Retreat at San Giovanni

Retreat at San Giovanni
At San Giovanni, near Bologna, the Neapolitans throw down their arms and abandon the town

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Landing on Mainland

Landing on Mainland
Volunteers for Garibaldis army land on the Calabrian coast at the villa San Giovanni

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Father Giovanni Naples

Father Giovanni Naples
Padre Giovanni addresses the populace in front of the Jesuits College, Naples

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pius IX Returns - 2

Pius IX Returns - 2
Pius IX returns to Rome after his flight to exile, and a procession of his supporters accompanies him to the church of San Giovanni

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Innocens X

Pope Innocens X
POPE INNOCENS X (Giovanni Battista Pamfili)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Paulus IV

Pope Paulus IV
POPE PAULUS IV (Giovanni Pietro Carafa)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Pius IX (Letaille)

Pope Pius IX (Letaille)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Background imageGiovanni Collection: POPE LEO X

POPE LEO X (Giovanni di Medici)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Gelasius II

Pope Gelasius II
POPE GELASIUS II (Giovanni Gaetani)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Book / Boccaccio / Decameron

Book / Boccaccio / Decameron
DECAMERON First published in 1353 Giovanni Boccaccio 1313-1375 Illustration : Boccaccios garden

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giov. Ant. Risso

Giov. Ant. Risso
GIOVANNI ANTONIO RISSO Italian zoologist, botanist and geologist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: D andrade as Dongiovanni

D andrade as Dongiovanni
The Spanish singer D Andrade as Don Giovanni confronts the statue while Leporello cowers nervously behind him

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Gf Rustichi / Larmessin

Gf Rustichi / Larmessin
GIOVANNI FRANCESCO RUSTICHI Italian sculptor and architect

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Gb Porta / Larmessin

Gb Porta / Larmessin
GIOVANNI BATTISTA PORTA Italian medical

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Papini / Popolo

Giovanni Papini / Popolo
GIOVANNI PAPINI Italian philosopher and writer

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Battista Gelli

Giovanni Battista Gelli
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GELLI Italian poet and moralist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Pontano

Giovanni Pontano
GIOVANNI PONTANO Italian humanist, poet and statesman

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giov Battista Guarini

Giov Battista Guarini
GIOVANNI BATTISTA GUARINI Italian author of Il pastor fido (the faithful shepherd) - of Italie the glory and delight

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Scala Santa / Rome 1830S

Scala Santa / Rome 1830S
In the small church of San Giovanni, pilgrims climb the Scala Santa (Holy Stair), a staircase which includes 28 steps taken from the palace of Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Battista Rosso

Giovanni Battista Rosso
GIOVANNI BATTISTA ROSSO known as Il Fiorentino Italian artist and architect

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Pordenone

Giovanni Pordenone
Giovanni Antonio Licinio Da Pordenone Italian Artist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Battista Vico

Giovanni Battista Vico
GIOVANNI BATTISTA VICO Italian Philosopher and Professor in Naples

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Clelia Borromeo-Grillo

Clelia Borromeo-Grillo
CLELIA BORROMEO-GRILLO wife of conte Giovanni Borromeo, proficient in seven languages, knowledgeable in mathematics and mechanics, had an academy in her own palace

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Capello

Giovanni Capello
GIOVANNI CAPELLO Venetian military commander

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giov. Battista Raggi

Giov. Battista Raggi
Marchese GIOVANNI BATTISTA RAGGI Military commander from Genoa Date: 17th century

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Urbanus VII

Pope Urbanus VII
POPE URBANUS VII (Giovanni Battista Castagna)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Pius IX (Photo)

Pope Pius IX (Photo)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Pius IX (Van. Fair)

Pope Pius IX (Van. Fair)
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Pius IX

Pope Pius IX
POPE PIUS IX (Conde Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferreti) Declared papal infallibility in 1869 but quarrelled with the Italian government

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Pius VI (Oval)

Pope Pius VI (Oval)
POPE PIUS VI (Giovanni Angelo Braschi) captured and deported to Valence by the French

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Julius III

Pope Julius III
POPE JULIUS III (Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del Monte)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Innocens IX

Pope Innocens IX
POPE INNOCENS IX (Giovanni Antonio Facchinetti)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Pope Innocens VIII

Pope Innocens VIII
POPE INNOCENS VIII (Giovanni Battista Cibo)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Segantini / Self

Giovanni Segantini / Self
GIOVANNI SEGANTINI Italian artist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Schiaparelli

Giovanni Schiaparelli
GIOVANNI VIRGINIO SCHIAPARELLI Italian astronomer (aged 30)

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Arrigo Boito / Photo

Arrigo Boito / Photo
ARRIGO GUISEPPE GIOVANNI BOITO Italian composer and librettist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Boccaccio / Dalen

Giovanni Boccaccio / Dalen
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Italian writer

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Boccaccio / Esme

Giovanni Boccaccio / Esme
GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Italian writer

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Belzoni

Giovanni Belzoni
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI Italian explorer and archaeologist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Bellini

Giovanni Bellini
GIOVANNI BELLINI Italian artist of the Venetian school

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Giovanni Da Ricamatore

Giovanni Da Ricamatore
GIOVANNI DA RICAMATORE (also known as Nanni da Udine) Italian artist

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Casanova / Orbok Play

Casanova / Orbok Play
GIOVANNI GIACOMO CASANOVA Italian adventurer

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Don Giovanni

Don Giovanni, the opening scene

Background imageGiovanni Collection: Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland

Casanova meeting the Duchess of Northumberland
Giacomo Casanova (1725-1798) is introduced to the Duchess of Northumberland by Lady Harrington



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