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The Balzaretti Family Tomb by the engineer Giuseppe Brolis, in Milan's Monumental Cemetery. Milan Monumental Cemetery Shrine, Tabernacle Arts and handicrafts of XIX century, Nineteenth century

Jesus Christ enthroned benedicting among the angels and Saint Peter and Paul. Byzantine mosaic in Cappella Palatina of the Royal Palace (or of the Normans) in Palermo Palermo Royal Palace

Cover of the fictile sarcophagus found in Tarquinia with the figure of the dead woman laying. Civic Archaeological Museum, Milan Milan Sarcophagus Etruscan Art and Civilization, Italy, Europe

Statue of a lion at the base of the Column of the Martyrs in Piazza dei Martiri in Naples. The Lion is the symbol of the Revolution arisen in 1860 against the Bourbons

Statue of a dying lion at the base of the Column of the Martyrs in Piazza dei Martiri in Naples. The Lion is the symbol of the Revolution in 1799 against the Bourbons

Monumental tomb of Ascanio Sanseverino, in the Chapel of the Sanseverino Family, Church of SS. Severino e Sossio in Naples

The Tomb of Scipione Di Somma, sculpture found in the Di Somma Chapel, inside the San Giovanni a Carbonara Church in Naples

The Sepulchre of Ser Gianni Caracciolo, Great seneschal of the Kingdom of Naples; sculpture preserved in the Chapel Caracciolo del Sole, inside the Church of S. Giovanni a Carbonara in Naples

The Sepulchre of Bernardino Rota, inside the church of S. Domenico Maggiore in Naples Naples Church of S. Domenico Maggiore Funerary Monument High Renaissance, Renaissance

The Rota Family Tombs in the San Domenico Maggiore church in Naples Naples San Domenico Maggiore church Funerary Monument High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

The Sepulchre of Francesco Carafa inside the Chapel of the Crucifix in the church of S. Domenico Maggiore in Naples. Naples Church of S

The Sepulchre of Galeazzo III Pandone, work preserved inside the church of S. Domenico Maggiore in Naples. Inside the lunette is a bas-relief representing the Madonna offering a plate with fruit to

Bas reliefs with scenes from the life of Saint Catherine by Giovanni and Pacio da Firenze. Church of Saint Clare, Naples. Naples Church of Saint Clare Low Relief, Basrelief Middle Ages, Europe

The statues of St. John the Baptist, St. Regulus and St. Sebastian; in Saint Regulus Altar, by Matteo Civitali in St. Martin's Cathedral, Lucca

Saint Regulus Altar, by Matteo Civitali, in Saint Martin's Cathedral, Lucca Lucca Saint Martin's Cathedral Altar Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Marble medallion portraying Giovanni Pietro d'Avenza. Work by Matteo Civitali in the portico of St. Martin's Cathedral, Lucca

The Gymnast, marble statue of a young naked boxer, work preserved in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Next to his right leg is the herm of Hercules, patron of the boxers

Herm of Herodotus. The work, taken from the Farnese collection, is now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Naples National Archaeological Museum Sculpture Roman Art, Europe

View of the inside of the Reading Room, in Michelangelo's Medici Laurentian Library in Florence. Florence The Medici Laurentian Library Library Mannerism, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

The Caetani family tomb in the Anagni Cathedral. Anagni Cathedral, Caetani Chapel Funerary Monument Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D.. Date of Photograph:1915-20 ca

External door of the church of St. Peter in Nocchi (Camaiore). Work by Donato Benti and his pupils, Versilia Camaiore Nocchi, church of St

Altarfrontal with the relics of St. Constanzo, in St. Martin's Cathedral, in Pietrasanta, Versilia Pietrasanta St. Martin's Cathedral Altar Frontal Renaissance

A holy water stoup, sculpted by Donato Benti and located in the Church of Sant'Agostino in Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca

Marble bust of Jupiter. This work is located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Florence The Uffizi Gallery Bust Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization. Date of Photograph:1915-1920 ca

Madonna with Child in her arms. Terracotta sculpture attributed to Tommaso Fimberti in the Church in Vincigliata, near Fiesole Fiesole Vincigliata, Church of Saint Lawrence Statue Renaissance

Holy water stoup. Sculpture found in the Vincigliata Castle, near Fiesole. Fiesole Vincigliata, castle Holy Water Font Late Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Close-up of the shrine with a statue of the Virgin holding the Child in her arms. Glazed terracotta by Andrea Della Robbia found in the Vincigliata Castle, near Fiesole

Shrine with a statue of the Virgin holding the Child in her arms. Glazed terracotta by Andrea Della Robbia found in the Vincigliata Castle, near Fiesole

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

The Dominant Thought by Felice Bialetti, located at the Gallery of Modern Art in Rome. Rome The Gallery of Modern Art Bust Nineteenth-Twenty century, 19th-20th century, Europe

A floor gravestone in the Church of Sant'Agostino in Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca, Versilia Pietrasanta Church of Sant'Agostino Slab, Plate, Sheet Late Renaissance, Renaissance

Marble pulpit located in the Cathedral of Pietrasanta, in the province of Lucca. In the foreground, the panel with St. Matthew, Versilia Pietrasanta Cathedral of San Martino Pulpit Renaissance

The Coronation of William II, King of Sicily. Mosaic located in Monreale's Cathedral. Monreale Cathedral Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

William II offers the Cathedral to the Virgin. Mosaic located in Monreale's Cathedral. Monreale Cathedral Mosaic Norman style, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

The dream of Virgil. Title page of Simone Martini, part of the Virgilio Ambrosiano, Illuminated codex on display at the Exhibition of the Sacred Art in Siena

Bas relief portraying the Prophet Micah, work by Agostino di Duccio and helpers. Madonna dell'Acqua Chapel, Malatesta Temple, Rimini

Bas relief portraying the Prophet Isaiah, work by Agostino di Duccio and helpers. Madonna dell'Acqua Chapel, Malatesta Temple, Rimini

Ark of the Ancestors and the Descendants. Work by Agostino di Duccio, preserved in the Chapel of Our Lady of the Chapel. Malatestiano Temple, Rimini

Arches with bas-reliefs by Antonello Gagini, under which are a painting representing a Madonna with Child and a statue of a saint between candelabra. Palermo Church of S

Marble bust of the Roman Emperor Claudius. This work is found at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. Florence The Uffizi Gallery Bust Roman Art, Europe, Ancient Civilization

Detail of the arches of the third cloister, called the cosmatesque cloister, in the Monastery of Santa Scolastica, near Subiaco Subiaco Monastery of Santa Scolastica

The arch of the third cloister, called the cosmatesco cloister, of the Monastery of Santa Scolastica, in the outskirts of Subiaco Subiaco Monastery of Santa Scolastica Cloister Romanesque

Inlaid marble panel depicting Hermes Trismegistus, Cathedral floor, in Siena Siena Cathedral Tarsia, Marquetry High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Inlaid marble panel depicting the Wheel of Fortune, by Paolo Mannucci, on the Cathedral floor, in Siena Siena Cathedral Tarsia, Marquetry High Renaissance, Renaissance

Inlaid marble panel depicting the Mountain of wisdom, in the floor of the Cathedral of Siena Siena Cathedral Tarsia, Marquetry High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

Moses, detail of the inlaid marble floor in the Cathedral of Siena Siena Cathedral Tarsia, Marquetry Late Gothic, Gothic, Middle Ages, Europe, First and Second Millennium A.D

A detail of the High Altar in the Fontegiusta Church in Siena. Sculpture by Marrina Siena Fontegiusta Church Capital High Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods, Europe

Sarcophagus of Giovanni Cardnas, in the Regional Archaeological Museum in Syracuse Syracuse Archaeological Museum Sarcophagus Early Renaissance, Renaissance, Renaissance-Baroque styles and periods

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