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Face of the Virgin: detail of the Madonna of the Magnificat. Pictorial work by Botticelli. Uffizi Gallery, Florence Painting Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Bacchus recovers Ariadne;work of Jacopo Robusti known as Tintoretto. Doge's Palace, Venice Painting Late Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

The Drinkers; work of Diego Velasquez. Capodimonte Museum, Naples Painting Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:2002

The Flight into Egypt, fresco, Giotto (Giotto di Bondone) (ca. 1267 - 1337), Scrovegni Chapel, Padua Padua Scrovegni Chapel Mural Painting Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Madonna of the Birth. Sculpture by Jacopo Sansovino, in the Church of St. Augustine in Rome Rome Church of St. Augustine Statue High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Monument of Queen Christina of Switzerland, work by Carlo Fontana kept in St.Peter's Basilica, the Vatican. The bas-relief, representing the abjugation of the protestant queen

Pisa Cathedral: Panel with the Adoration of the Magi, from the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. Pisa Cathedral Relief Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Pisa Civic Musem: Panel with the Last Judgment, from the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano. Pisa Civic Museum Relief Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Cemetery of Pisa: Marble group representing the Madonna with Child, by Giovanni Pisano. Pisa Cemetary Statue Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Pope Clemens VII crowning Charles V emperor, sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli (pope) and Giovan Battista Caccini (emperor); Florence, Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signoria), Salone dei Cinquecento

The Last Judgment. Scene from the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, in the Cathedral of Pisa Pisa Cathedral Relief Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Marble frieze with winged putti playing; work by Agostino di Duccio found in the Isotta chapel, Malatesta Temple, Rimini. Rimini Malatesta Temple, Isotta Chapel Low Relief

Potrait of Emperor Carlo d'Angi, sculpted by Arnolfo di Cambio, at the Museum of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, in Rome

Relief representing an imperial eagle inside a circle of oaks in the Basilica of Santissimi Apostoli in Rome. Rome Basilica of Santissimi Apostoli Relief Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Coronation of the Virgin. Sculpture by Niccol di Cecco del Mercia and his son Sano, located in the underground transept of the Cathedral of Prato. Prato Cathedral, underground, transept

Processional cross, found at the Cathedral Treasury Museum in Anagni. A high relief of Christ appears in the middle of the cross

Bust of Henry IV, King of France, in the Van Marle Collection in Solomeo, near Corciano Corciano Solomeo, Van Marle Collection Bust Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Adoration of the shepherds. Scene from the pulpit by Giovanni Pisano, in the Cathedral of Pisa Pisa Cathedral Relief Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Portal of the Chapel of the Blessed Virgin, Malatestiano Temple, Rimini. Rimini Malatestiano Temple, interior Door Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Detail of the Coronation of the Virgin, by Piero di Puccio, in the Camposanto of Pisa Pisa Camposanto Mural Painting Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

King Roger crowned by Jesus, mosaic decorating the dome of the Church of Martorana, Palermo. Palermo Church of Martorana Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Partial view of the new semi-circular gallery called the Dovecotes Gallery. Staglieno Monumental Cemetery in Genoa, designed by the civic architect Giovan Battista Resasco

Marble Roman bust depicting Juno. The Uffizi Gallery. Florence The Uffizi Gallery Statue Julio-Claudian Period, Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1900 ca

Marble bust of Emperor Constantine: work belonging to the Uffizi of Florence Florence Uffizi Gallery Bust Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Detail of the sepulchral room of the Sepulchre of Roberto I d'Angi, the Savy, by Giovanni and Pacio Berti preserved inside the church of S. Chiara in Naples

Detail of the high relief with the Virgin and Child. Sculpture by Giacomo Cozzarelli found in the Church of Saint Francis in Siena

Virgin with Child and Saints. Altar piece in glazed terracotta by Andrea della Robbia located inside the Oratory of Our Lady of the Good Counsel in Prato

The Virgin Mary is donating the Holy Surcingle to St. Thomas. Sculpture by Niccol di Cecco del Mercia and his son Sano, located in the subterranean transept of the Cathedral of Prato

The Gatti family tomb sculpted by Giuseppe Benetti. The sculpture is at the Monumental Cemetery in Staglieno near Genoa. Genoa Staglieno

Memorial to Pietro Badaracco by the sculptor Giovan Battista Cevasco. The statue is at the Monumental Cemetery in Staglieno near Genoa

A room of the Crematorium of the Monumental Cemetery of Milan. Milan Monumental Cemetery, Crematorium Cemetery Eclecticism, Nineteenth century, 19th century, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Bust-portrait of Tolomeus VIII Philadelphus, king of Egypt, bronze work preserved in the National Archaelogical Museum of Naples

Adoration of the Magi by Gruamonte and da Adeodato: bas relief from the main Portal of the Chruch of Saint Andrew in Pistoia Pistoia Church of Saint Andrew Low Relief, Basrelief Romanesque

Paper-mach statue of the Madonna dei Sette Dolori in the Monastery of Mount Senario in the town of Vaglia in Mugllo. Vaglia Mount Senario. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Altar piece preserved in the Church of the Ospedale del Ceppo, Pistoia. Pistoia Ospedale del Ceppo Tapestry Baroque, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Mosaic with the enthroned virgin between Saint Gennaro and Saint Restituita: work kept in the Cathedral of Naples. Naples Cathedral Mosaic Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe

Bust-portrait of the Emperor Claudius, located at the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Bust Imperial Period, Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Justinian followed by functionaries, soldiers and priests. Byzantine apse mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale in Ravenna Ravenna Basilica of San Vitale Mosaic Byzantine Style, Byzantine Art, Europe

Theodora with a procession of two ministers and seven matrons. Byzantine apse mosaic in the Basilica of San Vitale, in Ravenna Ravenna Basilica of San Vitale Mosaic Byzantine Style, Byzantine Art

Animated view of access to the Ponte Maria Teresa (Iron Bridge), in Turin Turin. Date of Photograph:1890 ca

Part of a sculpture depicting the "Judgement of Solomon". Work of Simone Troger exhibited at the Archaeological Museum in Turin

Madonna with Child by Nino Pisano from the Santa Maria della Spina Church in Pisa Pisa Santa Maria della Spina Church Statue Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

Tapestry representing Moses before the Pharaoh. The work is by Flemish School and is preserved in the Gallery of the Tapestry in Palazzo Clerici, Milan

Drawing depicting the Madonna of Loreto Drawing. Date of Photograph:1890 ca.. Date of Artwork:XVIII-XIX secc

Portrait of young woman in ceremonial dress Florence. Date of Photograph:1867

La Regina Margherita di Savoia, stained glass window, Francesco Moretti (1833-1917), Studio Moretti Caselli, Perugia Perugia Moretti Caselli workshop Glass Window Arts and handicrafts of XIX century

Detail of the apsidal mosaic of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome, work by Iacopo Torriti, depicting the coronation of the virgin

View of the Confessional and baldachin of the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome. The urn under the baldachin holds the remains of the Apostle St. Matthew

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