Florence Collection (page 10)

Winged-stem passion flower
5855234 Winged-stem passion flower; (add.info.: Winged-stem passion flower, Passiflora alata, with fruit. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Southern cassowary and emu head
5855230 Southern cassowary and emu head; (add.info.: Southern cassowary, Casuarius casuarius. Vulnerable. With head of the emu, Dromaius novaehollandiae)

Autograph tree
5855228 Autograph tree; (add.info.: Autograph tree, Clusia rosea. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy)

Fruit bats
5855225 Fruit bats; (add.info.: Egyptian free-tailed bat, Tadarida aegyptiaca, and red fruit bat or red fig-eating bat, Stenoderma rufum)

Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat
5855224 Bulldog bat and spear-nosed bat; (add.info.: Greater bulldog bat or fisherman bat, Noctilio leporinus, and greater spear-nosed bat, Phyllostomus hastatus)

Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans
5855220 Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans; (add.info.: Sandbox tree, Hura crepitans. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Screw pine, Pandanus utilis
5855218 Screw pine, Pandanus utilis; (add.info.: Screw pine, Pandanus utilis. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra
5855212 Grey currawong and black-tailed tityra; (add.info.: Grey currawong, Strepera versicolor, and black-tailed tityra, Tityra cayana)

Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor
5855196 Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda, and Pacific robin (Norfolk Island), Petroica multicolor; (add.info.: Short-tailed field-tyrant, Muscigralla brevicauda)

Apple banana
5855193 Apple banana; (add.info.: Apple banana, Musa acuminata -- balbisiana. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica
5856781 Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica; (add.info.: Common water-plantain, Alisma plantago-aquatica. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of)

Palm cockatoo and ground parrot
5855222 Palm cockatoo and ground parrot; (add.info.: Palm cockatoo, Probosciger aterrimus, and eastern ground parrot, Pezoporus wallicus)

Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager
5855211 Satin bowerbird and magpie tanager; (add.info.: Satin bowerbird (male), Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, and magpie tanager, Cissopis leveriana

Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla
5855200 Leaf fungi Circinaria epiphylla; (add.info.: Leaf fungi, Circinaria epiphylla. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Cowslip, Primula veris
5855177 Cowslip, Primula veris; (add.info.: Cowslip, Primula veris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy, 1837)

Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite
5855158 Long-crested eagle and gray-headed kite; (add.info.: Long-crested eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, and gray-headed kite, Leptodon cayanensis)

Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado
5855157 Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado; (add.info.: Red rock crab, Grapsus grapsus, and spider crab, Maia squinado)

Yarrow, Achillea millefolium
5855154 Yarrow, Achillea millefolium; (add.info.: Yarrow, Achillea millefolium. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine de Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science,")

Statue of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, known as Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368), architect, painter, sculptor
YOU4419684 Statue of Andrea di Cione di Arcangelo, known as Andrea Orcagna (1308-1368), architect, painter, sculptor, Italian goldwort, pupil of Giotto di Bondone and Andrea Pisano

Statue of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), Italian botanist, considered one of the father of modern mycology
YOU4419659 Statue of Pier Antonio Micheli (1679-1737), Italian botanist, considered one of the father of modern mycology, Sculpture by Vincenzo Consani (1818-1888)

Florentine Histories, Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1550 (engraving)
CUL4864969 Florentine Histories, Niccolo Macchiavelli, 1550 (engraving) by Unknown Artist, (16th century); (add.info.: MACHIAVELLI, Niccolo (1469-1527). Italian writer, thinker and politician

Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885
LUX4713445 Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885; (add.info.: Tuscany, Florence: Garden of Boboli, the basins of Isolotto, 1885); Photo © Lux-in-Fine.

Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) in the gallery Pitti, 1890
LUX4716032 Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio, 1483-1520) in the gallery Pitti, 1890; (add.info.: Florence: Photography of a painting by Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio)

Florence: The sculpture of Persee showing the head of Meduse sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571)
LUX4715555 Florence: The sculpture of Persee showing the head of Meduse sculpted by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571) in the loggia of the Lanzi (or the Seigneury)

Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, aka Mme d'Epinay
3253050 Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, aka Mme d'Epinay; (add.info.: Louise Florence Petronille Tardieu d'Esclavelles d'Epinay, 1726-1783)

Mountain of the Sciences, 1850
3507380 Mountain of the Sciences, 1850; (add.info.: Illuminated page depicting the 'Mountain of the Sciences' with Moses, The Dominican T)

A view of Florence, Tuscany, Italy from the terrace of San Miniato, in the late 19th century
2963183 A view of Florence, Tuscany, Italy from the terrace of San Miniato, in the late 19th century. From Italian Pictures by Rev. Samuel Manning, published c.1890

Firenze, Via Strozzi
2909870 Firenze, Via Strozzi; (add.info.: Firenze (Florence, Italy) the Via Strozzi, 1890); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Diamond and ruby pendant necklace, 19th century
BAL1933 Diamond and ruby pendant necklace, 19th century; Private Collection.

Bringing News of Relief to Florence (colour litho)
8661454 Bringing News of Relief to Florence (colour litho) by Topham, Francis William (1808-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bringing News of Relief to Florence)

Cosmo de Medici receiving the Greek exiles (engraving)
8647204 Cosmo de Medici receiving the Greek exiles (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cosmo de Medici receiving the Greek exiles)

Portico of SS Annunziata, Florence (b/w photo)
8648301 Portico of SS Annunziata, Florence (b/w photo) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Portico of SS Annunziata, Florence)

View of the Florence at the End of the Fifteenth Century (engraving)
8653166 View of the Florence at the End of the Fifteenth Century (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture (engraving)
8644813 The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture)

The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 15th Century (engraving)
8644811 The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 15th Century (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 15th Century)

The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 15th Century, Ghiberti, Donatello (engraving)
8644808 The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 15th Century, Ghiberti, Donatello (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture)

Etruscan Art (engraving)
8644796 Etruscan Art (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Etruscan Art. Illustration for Architecture, Sculpture)

The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 16th Century, Jacopo Sansovino, Michelangelo (engraving)
8650797 The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 16th Century, Jacopo Sansovino, Michelangelo (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Renaissance in Italy)

The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 14th and 15th Centuries, Ghiberti (engraving)
8650796 The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture, 14th and 15th Centuries, Ghiberti (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Renaissance in Italy, Sculpture)

Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC (engraving)
8650790 Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Third Period of Greek Sculpture, About 400-323 BC)

The Resurrection of Christ, by Pieter Paul Rubens, 1616 (oil on canvas)
8683298 The Resurrection of Christ, by Pieter Paul Rubens, 1616 (oil on canvas) by Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640); Brighton Pavilion, East Sussex

Statue of a saint inside the Sansovino Chapel, Santo Spirito Church, Florence
BEN5471302 Statue of a saint inside the Sansovino Chapel, Santo Spirito Church, Florence. Marble sculpture by Andrea Contucci known as Andrea Sansovino (1465/70-1527), 1492

Gray four-eyed opossum and Linnaeus' mouse opossum
5855227 Gray four-eyed opossum and Linnaeus' mouse opossum; (add.info.: Gray four-eyed opossum, Didelphis opossum, and Linnaeus' mouse opossum, Marmosa murina)

Woodland tulip
5855221 Woodland tulip; (add.info.: Woodland tulip, Tulipa sylvestris. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence)

Milkweed
5855208 Milkweed; (add.info.: Common milkweed, Asclepias syriaca. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy)

Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri
5855201 Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri; (add.info.: Aegean wallflower, Erysimum cheiri. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural)

Banana
5855195 Banana; (add.info.: Banana fruit, segment. Musa acuminata. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy)

Seville orange
5855188 Seville orange; (add.info.: Seville orange, Citrus aurantium. Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Antoine Jussieu's "Dictionary of Natural Science," Florence, Italy)

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Florence, a city steeped in history and art, has been a muse for countless creative minds throughout the ages. From the masterpieces of Gozzoli and Benozzo di Lese to the intricate Carta della Catena map, this enchanting place has inspired generations. In 1490, as depicted in the Map known as Della Catena by Francesco di Lorenzo Rosselli, one can witness the breathtaking view that captivated Dante Alighieri himself. The Italian poet gazes upon his beloved Beatrice with admiration and longing. The vibrant colours of a woodcut print bring to life the spirit of Florence. Just like Florence Nightingale, who earned her nickname "The Lady With The Lamp" for her tireless dedication to nursing during wartime. Her selflessness shines through centuries later. A princess peers into a mirror, perhaps reflecting on her own beauty amidst Florence's grandeur. And just like the elusive Ghost plant or Indian pipe that blooms mysteriously in its shadows, there is an air of mystique surrounding this captivating city. Perseus and Medusa statue at Loggia dei Lanzi stands tall as a testament to Florentine bravery and resilience. It echoes Michelangelo's David nearby – both sculptures embodying strength and grace that define Florence itself. Santi di Tito's portrait captures Niccolo's essence perfectly - his eyes filled with wisdom gained from living in this remarkable city where art thrives around every corner. Even beyond its borders, Florence leaves an indelible mark on popular culture. The Supremes' iconic image showcases not only their talent but also how far-reaching Florence's influence truly is - transcending time and geography. Florence remains timeless; it continues to inspire artists across various mediums even today. Its allure lies not only in its rich history but also in its ability to ignite creativity within those fortunate enough to experience its magic firsthand.