Carnival masks in Venice

Carnival masks in Venice

Carnival masks in Venice

Venetian Sword handle, c. 1550

Artifacts - Bronze - Italy A Bronze Venetian Candelabrum c. 1550

Artifacts - Wood - Italy Venetian Box or Jewel-Casket (cover) (b5)

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tomb of Alessandro Vittoria, executed in Marble by the Artist himself. Santa Zaccaria at Venice.

A man steering a venetian gondola

Artifacts - Bronze - Italy Venetian bronze door or gate knocker made using the lost wax process by Giovanni Bologna (1524-1608). The artist was born in the year Giovanni da Verrazano discovered New York Bay and the Hudson River. The passage from one to

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Bronze Equestrian Statue of Colleoni at Venice by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488) and completed by Alessandro Leopardi after 1479. Bartolommeo Colleoni, was commander-in-chief of the Venetian city-state`s military forces;

Architecture - Italy - line art (y3) Perspective Illustration Italian Gothic/Renaissance Court of the Palace of the Doges at Venice, built by Antonio Brego after 1477. The Palace of the Doges (Dukes), was built over a period stretching from the early 14

Artifacts - Sculpture - Italy Tommaso Contarini, a Doge (Duke) of Venice, a Marble Bust by Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608). Santa Maria dell` Orto at Venice. The Contarini family provided Venice with eight Doges. Their family was one of 12 who elected

Artifacts - Glass - Italy Venetian Goblet c. 1500 After the fall of Constantinople in 1254 by the Crusaders and in 1453 by the Ottoman Turks drove many Byzantine glassworkers to Venice. The Venetians closely guarded their techniques and a defection was p

Architecture - Italy - line art (w3) Plan Romanesque Floor Plan of the church of St. Mark`s at Venice. This church was originally begun in 829 to hold the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria. The present basilica was completed in

Architecture - Italy - line art (w3) Detail Romanesque Capital from San Marco (St. Mark`s) at Venice. This church was originally begun in 829 to hold the remains of St. Mark that had been brought from Alexandria. The present basilica was completed in 10

Venetian masks on display, Venice, Italy