Porta Collection

Statue of Augustus - The Vatican, Italy
Emperor Augustus (63 BC AD 14). The Prima Porta statue - Vatican, Rome, Italy. Date: circa 1910s

Augustus Prima Porta. Vatican Museums
Augustus (61 BC-14 AD). First roman emperor. Marble statue of Augustus of Prima Porta. (1st century) in the role of commander of the army. Vatican Museums. Vatican City State

Old Entrance of Porta Delgada - St. Michaels, The Azores, Portugal. Date: circa 1910s

Trier (Treves), Porta Nigra (Black Gate), Moselle, valley of, Germany. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Malta / Valletta Bridge
Valletta: Porta Reale, gate and drawbridge over the ditch protecting the inner walls of the city Date: 1909

The Propylaea, entrance to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece
View of the Propylaea, entrance to the Acropolis, Athens, Greece. At right, the Temple of Athena Nike, and at left, the building with the paintings of the Greek painter Polignotus. I Propilei

Porta Della Carta, Venice
An etching which shows the magnificence of the Porta Della Carta, an illustrious carved marble gateway which sits between the Basilica of San Marco and the Doge's Palace

Spain, province of Valencia. Porta Coeli Charterhouse. Carthusian monastery founded in 1272 by Andreu d'Albalat, confessor to King Jaume I. Engraving by Sierra, 19th century

Turkey. Constantinople. The Golden Gate. Walls. Engraving
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Constantinople (today Istanbul). Walls of the city. Golden Gate. Engraving by Lemaitre. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Vintage 19th century photograph: Pyramid of Cestius. The Porta San Paolo (San Paolo Gate) is one of the southern gates in the 3rd-century Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy

Porta Capuana Naples, southern Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Porta Capuana is an ancient city gate in Naples, southern Italy

Carta Gate Doges Palace, Venice Italy
Vintage 19th century photograph: Carta Gate (Porta della Carta) Doges Palace, Venice Italy

Carriage of the Duke of Palmela in Queen Victoria s
Carriage of Pedro de Sousa Holstein, Duke of Palmela, Ambassador Extraordinary from the Queen of Portugal, Dona Maria II, in Queen Victorias coronation parade

Sempione Gate or Porta Sempione in Milan, Italy, 19th century. Arco Trionfale del Sempione. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre Jr

Royal Villa, Monza, Italy, 1780
Royal Villa, Monza, Italy. Built by architect Giuseppe Piermarini in 1780. Reale Villa in Monza. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Giarre Jr

St. Marks Camanile, the Two Towers and Leaning
St. Marks Camanile, Venice, 1, the Two Towers, Asinelli and Garisenda, in Bologna 2, 3, and the Leaning Tower of Pisa 4. Torre di S. Marco di Venezia, della Cattedrale di Pisa, &c

Europe as depicted by the ancients. Europe kidnapped by a bull from a mural in the tomb of the Nasoni family, Rome 1, as a nymph on a bull from a cameo 2

Men on horseback hunting boars and bulls in ancient Etruria. The Etruscans trained dogs and falcons. From a gilded silver patera or bowl. Caccia

The Porta all Arco, Etruscan door in the walls of Volterra, Tuscany. Decorated with three heads of Jupiter, Castor and Pollux (or Tinia, Uni and Menrva in Etruscan mythology)

Sculpture of a lion attacking a horse. Found in an old mill at Porta San Paolo (Porta Ostiensis). Copperplate engraving from Pietro Paolo Montagnani-Mirabilis Il Museo Capitolino

La Breccia, Porta Pia, Rome, Italy
La Breccia, Porta Pia, a gate in the Aurelian Walls, Rome, Italy, with war memorials and wreaths, named after Pope Pius IV

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Aftermath of Earthquake and Fire at Messina, Sicily, Italy. The devastating earthquake and tsunami of 27-28th December 1908 measured 7.5 on the richter scale and claimed 100, 000-200

Florence - Italy - Porta San Giorgio
The Porta San Giorgio - part of the walls of Florence, located in the Oltrarno district between Via San Leonardo and Costa San Giorgio. Date: 1901

Palazzo Ducale - Porta della Carta - Venice, Italy
Palazzo Ducale - Porta della Carta ( The Card Door ) - Venice, Italy. The gentleman in the central foreground looks rather like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle!! Date: circa 1910s

Camera oscura from Giovanni Battista della Porta s
" Camera oscura from Giovanni Battista della Portas " Magia naturalis" (1558). Edition of 1659, included Roger Bacons writings. Engraving."

Italy. Rome. The church of the Santissima Trinita dei Monti. Fac?ade decorated with two symmetrical bell tower, designed by Giacomo della Porta (c. 1540-1602) and Domenico Fontana (1543-1607)

Italy. Rome. Palazzo Farnese. High Renaissance. It was designed in 1517 for the Farnese family. The building was expanded when Alessandro Farnese became Pope Paul III in 1534

Italy. Rome. The Church of the Gesu. Mannerist. 16th century
Italy. Rome. The Church of the Gesu, also known as the Jesuits. Mannerist. 16th century. Built by Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507-1573) and Giacomo della Porta (1533-1602) between 1568-1580

Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune. Detail of Neptunes statue
Italy. Rome. Fountain of Neptune, 1574, designed by Giacomo della Porta (1532-1602). Detail of Neptune struggling with an octopus, by Antonio della Bitta (1807-?), 1878. Navona Square

St. Sebastian Gate or Ancient Porta Appia. Rome. Italy
Roman Art. Porta S. Sebastiano (St. Sebastians Gate) or Ancient Porta Appia. I was built within Aurelians wall (271-275 AD.). It houses the Wall Museum (Museum della Mura). Rome. Italy. Europe

Valletta, Malta - the Porta Reale (Gate) Date: circa 1910s

The Bersaglieri take Porta Pia - Rome - Risorgimento
The crack Piedmontese infantry corps of Bersaglieri taking Porta Pia - the capture of Rome in 1870, the final event of Italian Unification (the Risorgimento ). Date: 1870

Florence, Italy - Porta al Prato. Date: circa 1909

History of Photography. Camera obscure. Engraving. Colored
History of Photography. Camera obscure. Magia Naturalis Sive de Miraculis Rerum Naturalium (1558) by Giambattista della Porta (1535-1615). Engraving. Edition of 1659. Library of Catalonia. Barcelona

Italy. Pompeii. Marina Gate. Western limit of the city on the Via Marina

The Turtle Fountain. Detail. Turtle and bronze ephebe. 16th c
The Turtle Fountain. Italian Renaissance. Built between 1580-1588 by Giacomo della Porta (1533-1602) and Taddeo Landini (1561-1596). Detail. Turtle and bronze ephebe. Rome. Italy

Italy. Rome. Larger Gate (Porta Maggiore). Built in the 52 AD by Emperor Claudius and later reformed. Aurelian Walls (3rd century AD)

Rome. Fountain of the mask, 1593, by Giacomo della Porta (c
Italy. Rome. Fountain of the mask, 1593, by Giacomo della Porta (c. 1540-1602). Piazza Pietro Illiria. Detail

St. Peters Basilica. Dome built by Giacomo della Porta (154
Renaissance Art. Italy. St. Peters Basilica. Dome built by Giacomo della Porta (1540-1602) and Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) in 1590

St. Peters Basilica. Lantern of the dome built by Giacomo d
Renaissance Art. Italy. St. Peters Basilica. Lantern of the dome built by Giacomo della Porta (1540-1602) and Domenico Fontana (1543-1607) in 1590

Augustus, (63 B. C. -14 D. C. ). First emperor of the Roman Empi
Augustus, (63 B.C.-14 D.C.). First emperor of the Roman Empire. Augustus of Prima Porta. White marble statue. 1st century

Portugal. Estremoz. Porta dos Currais. Built in 1670 by Antonio Rodrigues. Marble

Portugal. Evoramonte. Medievals walls of the old city. 1306. Freixo Gate. View. Alentejo Region

The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Rome
Italy. Rome. The Moor Fountain by Giacomo della Porta. 1576. Navona Square. Detail

Spain. Lleida. Seu Vella. Godsons Door (Porta dels Fillols)
Spain. Lleida. Seu Vella. 13th century. Temple of transitional style between Romanesque and Gothic. Godsons Door (Porta dels Fillols), 1220. Catalonia

Italy. Milan. Porta Nuova. Medieval gate. It is sited along the ancient Navigli Ring on the perimeter of the medieval walls of the city. Originally built in the 12th century

Roman Art. Gravestone, dating the 1st century AD. Porta Nuov
Roman Art. Gravestone, dating the 1st century AD. Reused in the Middle Ages to build the Porta Nuova city gate in Milan. Italy

Luigi Porta Pavese (1800-1875). Italian clinician and surgeon. Statua. University of Pavia. Italy

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