Allegory of the town of Pistoia from the ceiling of the Salone dei Cinquecento, 1565 -
Giorgio Vasari
The Inferno, Canto 30, lines 33-34: That sprite of air is Schicchi; in like mood Of random mischief vent he still his spite. -
Gustave Dore
The Inferno, Canto 24, lines 89-92: Amid this dread exuberance of woe Ran naked spirits wingd with horrid fear, Nor hope had they of crevice where to hide, Or heliotrope to charm them out of view. -
Gustave Dore
Anthropomorphic figure of a river as an old man with a flowing white beard, in the background Psyche engaged in her ordeal set by Venus of stealing wool from a sheep's fleece, lunette and spandrel from the Sala di Amore e Psiche, 1528 -
Giulio Romano (Orbetto)
Albinus I, Tab. V: Musculature, illustration from 'Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani', by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770), published by J.&H. Verbeek, bibliop., Leiden, 1740 -
Jan Wandelaar
Portrait of Louis-Alexandre de Bourbon 1678-1737 Count of Toulouse late 17th century -
Pierre Mignard
The Inferno, Canto 31, lines 133-135: Yet in th abyss, That Lucifer with Judas low ingulfs, Lightly he placd us -
Gustave Dore
The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the pendentive of the dome 1532-36 -
Bernardino Luini
The Inferno, Canto 29, lines 79-81: The crust Came drawn from underneath in flakes, like scales Scrapd from the bream or fish of broader mail. -
Gustave Dore
Venus Relating To Adonis The Story Of Hippomenes And Atalanta -
Benjamin West
The Senators of Florence Swearing Allegiance to the Grand Duke of Tuscany -
Justus Sustermans
The Inferno, Canto 29, lines 52-56: Then my sight Was livelier to explore the depth, wherein The minister of the most mighty Lord, All-searching Justice, dooms to punishment The forgers noted on her dread record. -
Gustave Dore
St. John the Baptist (Youth with Ram) -
Caravaggio