Topic: italian

School children, half of Polish and half of Italian descent, at a fest...

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript ch...

Il libro di Sidrach.

[The Capture of Christ]

This drawing represents the central portion and main action of the painting--Christ's betrayal by Judas--of the Garden of Gethsemane. Dating is difficult, but it is likely that the sheet belongs to the artist... more

La Commedia.Divina commediaFlorence, Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 30 ...

[Leggenda dei SS. Faustino e Giovita. [from old catalog]]Legenda de Sa...

[Vitae Patrum. Italian. [from old catalog]]Uita di Sancti Padri vulgar...

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of...

[Figure of a woman with raised hand, possibly Sybil in the Sistine Cha...

[Crucifixion study]

Epiphanic medicorvm.[Norimbergae, 1506]

Decachordvm Christianvm.[Hagenau, In ædibus T. Anshelmi ac I. Alberti,...

[Architectural elements, floor plan, and elevation from handbook on cl...

[Bird's-eye view of a large scale water supply system showing tunnels ...

[Milan Cathedral, plan, elevation, and architectural elements from han...

[Telescoping siege machine]

Print shows a telescoping tower raised from beneath by a screw mechanism manipulated by two men, used during siege warfare to gain an advantage of height by those perpetrating the siege.

[Underwater breathing apparatus]

Print shows a device with a long tube for breathing, worn over the head, to allow a soldier to walk underwater; also shows the device being used in the background.

[Air mattress made from animal skins]

Print shows two soldiers resting on an air mattress made by sewing together and inflating animal skins.

[Saint Benedict presenting his monastic regulations to r. padre frate ...

[Cannons shooting fire tubes to frighten charging cavalry troops who a...

[Architectural plan and elevation of a bridge showing piers, arches, a...

[Title page of Dipnosophistarum, siue Coenae sapientum libri XV]

Print shows title page with illustration of Jesus and a woman at a well.

Vniversale descrittione di tvtta la terra conoscivta fin qvi.

La historia del mondo nvovo ...

[Ornate title page illustration for I qvattro libri dell'architettvra ...

[Floor plan and elevation of a classical style house]

Triplicus visus, directi, reflexi & refracti, de quo optica disputat, ...

Illustration showing aspects of optics: Battle scene with Archimedes' mirrors using sun to defend city of Syracuse against sailing ships, a rainbow, elephants crossing long bridge drawn in perspective, nude man... more

[Illustrations of 16th century knives, forks, and other utensils]

[Interior view of large, spacious kitchen with cooks preparing a meal]

[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coas...

Il ballarino di M. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, diuiso in due trattat...

This manual is one of the most important documents detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance. Dancing master Fabritio Caroso (died 1605) describes fifty-four steps, provides rules for style and etiquette, ... more

[Cut-away view of water-powered mill showing horizontal wheel with pad...

[Folding bridge - two views, top extended across moat, bottom folded p...

[Overhead view showing path of obelisk during move from the Circus Ner...

[Obelisk, wrapped in a protective casing, on its side on rollers, movi...

[Obelisk erected at the Piazza of Saint Peter in Rome following its re...

[Scaffolding used for support when lowering obelisk at the Circus Nero...

[Obelisk at the Circus Nero prior to its relocation to the Piazza of S...

[Two views of a 16th century astrolabe]

Asia.

[The Holy Family with St. John the Baptist] / Quidus Renus, inv [...] ...

Disigno dell' isola de Gerbi con le seche che la difendeno dall' inond...

Print shows an assault on Jarbah Island by the Christian armada under the command of Andrea Doria and the arrival of the Turkish fleet; the Christian fleet retreats in advance of the Turks who subsequently lay ... more

Africa.

Europae.

America.

Nobiltà di dame del sr. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta, libro, altra vol...

In this significant manual detailing late-Renaissance Italian court dance, dancing master Caroso redefines and, in some cases, corrects information found in his first treatise, Il ballarino (1581). The manual g... more

[Design for a memorial with tempietto. Elevation]

Carro delle zaffosina

Print shows a mechanical device for transporting small boats from one body of water to another or over unnavigable sections by means of sleds with wheels that run through tracks.

[Cloud with lightning]

[Landscape with a castle on a hill and three figures and horse]

It is tempting to suggest that the subject is the Flight into Egypt. The figure to the left of the donkey appears to have wings. Perhaps Mary is standing with the child, and Joseph, on the donkey, is pointing ... more

Vniversale descrittione di tvtto il monde /

Eryci Pvteani Bamelrodi Brvxella incomparabili exemplo septenaria ...B...

Spazza cammino (i.e., camino) / Anib Cara. In. ; S. Guillain scu.

Print showing a full-length portrait of a chimney sweep.

Reticelle, e merletti / AC I.

Print showing a full-length portrait of a pasta vendor.

[Hero's miraculous altar]

Illustration shows the details of a steam-driven mechanical apparatus for opening doors.

Illustrissimo viro Domino D. Joanni Baptistæ Colbert / Nanteuil ad viv...

Print showing Jean Baptiste Colbert, head-and-shoulders portrait in medallion hanging on an obelisk, supported by two women in allegorical scene with turtle, rooster, hourglass, dog, and putti, with men working... more

[Italian thermoscope and Dutch thermometer]

Il [mondo] e [per] lo piu [gabbia] di [matti] / Giuseppe Ma. Mitelli i...

Print shows a large cage containing all manner of men, from scientists and musicians to the dregs of society. Sitting outside on the top of the cage are Fortune, whom all desire to reach, and the artist, busily... more

[Galileo offering his telescope to three women (possibly Urania and at...

Receipt, Luigi Battiferri

[Examples of Florentine thermometers and a hygrometer]

Amore e gloria; Milano, Nella reg. duc. corte, per M. P. Malatesta [16...

[Chart of the Mediterranean, the coast of Portugal, and the northwest ...

America Settentrionale colle nuoue scoperte fin al'anno 1688, diuisa n...

[Paris receiving the golden apple from Hermes]

The subject of this drawing is Hermes handing the golden apple of the Hesperides to Paris, who is to judge the greatest beauty among the goddesses Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. In return for judging Aphrodite t... more

Dissegno topografo del Canale di Cattaro con il confine de Castelnovo ...

[Tubes containing mercury with vacuum at top showing development of fi...

[Iconografica rappresentatione della inclita città di Venezia consacra...

Taglio del tamburo, e cupola con sua lanterna

[Title page with vignette of allegorical scene]

Ale Porte del Dolo / A. Canal. f.

Print shows a large boat entering the main canal from a small canal, with many gondolas on the canal, and large buildings in the background.

[Village on the banks of a river] / A. Canal f.

Print shows a view across a river of many buildings of an unidentified city; a lone scrawny tree and footbridge dominate the foreground.

[Imaginary view of S. Giacomo di Rialto]

Print shows the church of San Giacomo di Rialto.

Al Dolo / A. Canal. f.

Print shows gondolas on a canal with pedestrians walking alongside, and buildings on both sides.

Le Preston. V / A. Canal. f.

Print shows pedestrians on the walkway of the waterfront with the canal on the right and buildings and a bridge on the left.

Veduta dell' arco di Costantino, e dell' anfiteatro Flavio detto il co...

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins with the Arch of Constantine in the foreground and the Flavian Amphitheater or Colosseum in the background, with numbered key. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins.

Veduta de Campo Vaccino

Print shows a bird's-eye view of ruins in the foreground of the Campo Vaccino, with the arch of Septimius Severus to the left and three columns on the right. Some of the men appear to be examining the ruins.

Veduta del tempio de Bacco

Print shows an exterior view of the Temple of Bacchus in Rome, Italy.

Porta S. Paolo ot. Trigemina / /G. Vasi dis. e inc.

The pyramid of Cestius is shown on the left, part of the church of SS Salvatore is on the right, and the gate of San Páolo is in the background.

Prospettiva della seconda macchina de fuochi d'artificio, rappresentan...

Print showing aristocratic men leaving their horses with attendants and following guides on a trail up the side of Vesuvius to peer into the fuming cones. At center, descending the volcano, are three figures, t... more

Carta geografica dell' America settentrionale.

Carta geografica della Florida nell' America settentrionale.

[Remains of a Roman sepulchre]

Veduta del Ponte e del mausoleo, ...

Illustration shows a view from the river of the Castel Sant'Angelo with the bridge, Ponte Sant'Angelo, on the right, Rome, Italy. Prominent features identified by letter with corresponding key printed below image.

[Roman Colosseum]

[Surface and substrata layers of Roman road construction]

Mappa dell' America Settentrionale : ove sono rappresentati esattam. i...

Carta rappresentante la penisola della Florida.

Piano della città, e porto di Sant'. Agostino.

Lucifer Nascere praeque diem veniens age Lucifer almum Virg. eglog. 8 ...

Print shows Lucifer as a young angel with wings sitting on a cloud, brandishing a torch in raised left hand, at the top of an arched entry way.

Piano della città e porto dell' Havana.

Componimenti poetici per l'ingresso solenne alla dignità di proccurato...

Giuochi atletici / Giuseppe Palazzi delineò ; Giuseppe Vasi incise.

Print showing a large semi-circular building with viewing boxes overlooking a stage where men are wrestling; there is a tall archway, topped with a clock, that connects the two sides to form a half-circle. Ther... more

La Gerusalemme liberata. Parigi, A. Delalain, 1771. 2 v. illus., pla...

Caduta di Niagara / G.M.T. fc. 1777.

Print shows a man standing on a rock in the foreground looking at the falls at Niagara.

Chi mi vela é in periglio e chi mi svel / C. Coltellini pinx. ; Gio. L...

Print shows title page illustration, an allegorical scene with naked female figure reclining in pastoral setting with two cherubs, admiring herself in a mirror.

Veduta di S. Eustachio / N. Matraini del. ; J. Ottaviani inc.

Print shows a distant view of Oranjestad on Saint Eustatius in the Netherlands Antilles, with many ships in the foreground.

Quebec

Print shows bird's-eye view of the city of Québec. Includes legend at top identifying prominent buildings.

[Interior view of the Temple of Neptune, Paestum, plate 13]

Print shows several men, a cow, and a dog barking at a donkey transporting two barrels, among the columns of the Temple of Neptune in Campania (Paestum), Italy, with lettered key identifying elements of the str... more

Giovanni Fabbroni to Thomas Jefferson, November 9, 1779, in Italian