Italy Collection (page 3)

Axel Munthe / Anacapri
AXEL MUNTHE Home of the Swedish physician and writer on Anacapri, Italy Date: 1857 - 1949

Venice - 1930s brochure cover
Front cover of a brochure advertising the delights of Venice in 1935. A stylishly dressed man and woman sit in a gondola. Some golf clubs can be seen as part of their luggage behind them. Date: 1935

Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Quattro Cantoni & Via Macqueda
Palermo, Sicily, Italy - Quattro Cantoni ( Four corners ) with Via Macqueda Date: circa 1904

The ivory diptych of Stilicho (right) with his

MANTEGNA, Andrea (1431-1506). The Lamentation over the Dead Christ. ca. 1490. Renaissance art. Quattrocento. Tempera. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

CARAVAGGIO, Michelangelo Merisi da (1573-1610). Supper at Emmaus. 1606. Baroque art. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Fra Mauro ( -1460). Fra Mauro map. 1459. Detail of Southeast Asia with the island of Borneo. The map is oriented with south at top. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Venice

PTOLEMY, Claudius Ptolemaeus ( c. AD 100 - c
" PTOLEMY, Claudius Ptolemaeus ( c. AD 100 - c. AD 170). Egyptian astronomer, mathematician and geographer. Map of the Ancient World. From the work " Ptolomeus Geographicorum Libri"

Sophie Blanchard in balloon ascent, Milan
Sophie Blanchard (1778-1819), famous French aeronaut, in a night-time balloon ascent performed in Milan, Italy, in the presence of Napoleon, to mark his 42nd birthday. 15 August 1811

Cover design, Aero Espresso Italiana timetable, with scenes of Rhodes and Athens. Serving Brindisi, Athens, Rhodes and Istanbul. 1932

Ischia, Italy - Castello Aragonese, the Castle of Alfonso I of Aragon Date: circa 1905

LA Scala, Milano
LA SCALA, MILANO The auditorium viewed from the back of the stage Date: circa 1840

Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
View of the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, Italy, with the Egyptian obelisk of Rameses II from Heliopolis (known as the Obelisco Flaminio)

Val D Aosta poster
Poster for the Val D Aosta ski resort in the Piedmont area of Italy, showing a fearless skiier jumping through the air

Alpine Golf poster
Poster advertising the 18 hole golf course at Carezzo al Lago in the Italian Dolomites, along with the Grand Hotel where enthusiastic golfers can stay

King Victor Emmanuel III
Photographic portrait of Victor Emanuel III, King of Italy (1869-1947). A constitutional monarch, he defied parliamentary majorities in bringing Italy into World War I on the side of the Allies

Italy Map Pre-Unity
A map of Italy prior to unification

Real Tennis in Italy
Giocco della racchetta - four Italians in a game of real tennis in an indoor court, watched by spectators

Rome / Vatican / St Peters
The Basilica and Piazza di San Pietro, at Rome, on Easter Sunday, when the Pope bestows his blessing on the faithful

Pantheon / Reconstruction
Reconstruction of the the PANTHEON showing interior structure

England V Italy 1934
ENGLAND versus ITALY at Highbury

Hannibal crossing the Rhone River
SECOND PUNIC WAR: Hannibal, the Carthaginian leader, crossing the Rhone River, probably near Aurasio in present-day France

Grand Canal Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia t
Canaletto (1697-1768). Italian painter. Grand Canal Looking South-East from the Campo Santa Sophia to the Rialto Bridge, c. 1756. Detail. Gemaldegalerie. Berlin. Germany

Piazza Navona, Rome, Italy. Date: late 19th century

Napoli - Via del Piliero - Naples, Italy Date: circa 1910s

Poster for Speedboat Race - Lake Garda
A Poster for an International Speedboat Race, held on Lake Garda, Italy in May 1931

Battle of Solferino
Austrian forces, opposing the unification of Italy, are defeated in a decisive battle at Solferino, near Verona, Italy, by French and Piedmontese forces

Leopardi / Villa Ferrigni
GIACOMO LEOPARDI Villa Ferrigni, Italy, where the Italian poet wrote Ginestra in 1836

Italian victory in Berlin Winter Olympics
An Italian victory in the ski team event in the Winter Olympics at Garmisch, Germany

PELLIZZA DA VOLPEDO, Giuseppe (1868-1901). The Fourth Estate. 1901. Central detail. Naturalism. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Milan. Pinacotheca of Brera

Map of Italian Peninsula, Islands of Corsica and Sardinia and Adriatic coast. Engraving. 16th century

SUSTERMANS, Joost (1597-1681). Portrait of Galileo Galilei. ca. mid. 17th c. Detail. Renaissance art. Cinquecento. Oil on canvas. ITALY. Florence. Galleria degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery)

Sarcophagus from Cerveteri. ca. 520 BC. Married couple belonging to the Etruscan high aristocracy. Upper detail. Terracotta. Etruscan art. Sculpture. ITALY. Rome

ITALY. Siena. Piazza de Il Campo, where Il Palio

The Crucifixion of St. Peter

Trulli houses in Alberobello, Italy. Very distinctive white cylindrical buildings with grey slate roofs. circa 1960s

Bellagio, general view, Lake Como, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

The Rialto Bridge, Venice, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Malcesine, Lake Garda, Italy. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

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

Ventimiglia, Italy - The Old Town
Ventimiglia, Italy in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia on the Mediterranean coast close to the border with France. View of the Old Town where the River Roya enters the Sea

Italy - Sorrento - The Hotel Vittoria Date: circa 1910

St. Marks Square, Venice, Italy
Basilica Di San Marco and the Campanile in the Piazza San Marco (St. Marks Square) in Venice, Italy circa 2008

Italy - Naples - Palace of Donn Anna
Villa Donn Anna, Naples - The building is on the site of the so-called " Rocks of the Siren" and was originally called " La Villa Sirena"

Piazza dell Unita, Trieste, Italy
The Piazza dell Unita d Italia, Trieste, north east Italy, with a large government building on the left and the city hall on the right

Pantheon and Fountain, Rome, Italy
View of the entrance to the Pantheon, with a fountain in the piazza in front. The Pantheon was built by Marcus Agrippa as a temple to all the gods of Ancient Rome

Poster advertising Venice, depicting one of the citys many picturesque canals

Poster advertising Orient Line to Australia
Poster advertising the Orient Line to Australia, via Italy, Egypt and Ceylon

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