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This is an original unsigned 17th century painting.  The artist is unknown but it is in the style of Sir Peter Lely (Dutch/British, 1618-1680).  A portrait of Anna Maria Talbot (1642-1702), Countess of Shrewsbury from 1659-1668 by virtue of her marriage to Francis Talbot the 11th Earl of Shrewsbury, England. Francis Talbot died from wounds received in a duel with Anna's lover, the second Duke of Buckingham.  In a beat-up gilt wood frame.
Fagnano Olona, Italy - May 6, 2023: Fagnano Olona, Varese province, Lombardy, Italy: exterior of the historic Madonna della Selva church
Painting in the church of San Maurizio al Monastero Maggiore, Milan church of early Christian origin, Italy, Europe.
Inside the church of Santa Maria della Scala, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
Fresco in St. Charles's Church in Vienna
Python, in Greek mythology, a huge serpent that was killed by the god Apollo at Delphi either because it would not let him found his oracle, being accustomed itself to giving oracles, or because it had persecuted Apollo's mother, Leto, during her pregnancy.\n\nThe fresco shows the Omphalos stone covered with a net and the Python wrapped around it. A priestess stands at left with a sacrificial bull.\n\nA detail from a sacrificial scene shows a bull being brought to the omphalos - Made up of a stone and a snake it represents the navel of the world - Apollo plays the zither.\n\nThe ancient Greeks also used omphalos to refer to a sacred, rounded stone in the Temple of Apollo at Delphi that was supposed to mark the center of the earth.
Copenhagen, Denmark - September 13, 2010: Mercurius or Hermes God white stone statue closeup on pillar at east side entrance to Churchill Parken under gray cloudscape
statues of the monument of Victor Emanuel II seen from Piazza Venezia in Rome; Rome, Italy
A statue in Campo Santo, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy
Statue of the Dioscuri, the Castor twin placed there in 1584 at the Campidoglio square staircase Rome Italy
Vienna - The detail from Palas Athene fountain
Florence, İtaly - 08/29/2023.\nFlorence is the capital city of the region of Tuscany in Central Italy. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 360,930 inhabitants in 2023, and 984,991 in its metropolitan area.\nFlorence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to the prestige of the masterpieces by Dante Alighieri, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Niccolò Machiavelli and Francesco Guicciardini.\nThe city attracts millions of tourists each year, and UNESCO declared the Historic Centre of Florence a World Heritage Site in 1982. The city is noted for its culture, Renaissance art and architecture and monuments. The city also contains numerous museums and art galleries, such as the Uffizi Gallery and the Palazzo Pitti, and still exerts an influence in the fields of art, culture and politics. Due to Florence's artistic and architectural heritage, Forbes ranked it as the most beautiful city in the world in 2010.\nFlorence plays an important role in Italian fashion, and is ranked in the top 15 fashion capitals of the world by Global Language Monitor; furthermore, it is a major national economic centre, as well as a tourist and industrial hub.
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Florence, Italy -- The magnificent bronze statue of the Perseus lifting the head of Medusa after cutting it off, realized by Benvenuto Cellini and conserved in the Loggia Dei Lanzi, in Piazza della Signoria. Commissioned by Cosimo de Medici, the statue represents the cutting of the republican experiences of the city and of political divisions. The Loggia dei Lanzi, a open structure with arch and columns designed by Orcagna in 300, was used for official ceremonies by the Florentine government. Image in High Definition format.
Paris, France-04 14 2022: Statue and mausoleums in the Montparnasse cemetery, Paris, France.
Human figure sculptures at the base of the lamp posts on Pont Alexandre III
statue of christopher columbus, genoa
Perseus statue by Cellini in the historical center of Florence, Signoria Square, Italy
Goddess Minerva, chapel of the Third Order, painted decoration from the 18th century, Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales
marble statue of Bernard Palissy (1510-1589), a French Huguenot potter, hydraulics engineer and craftsman. The statue was made by the French sculptor Ferdinand Taluet in 1868; Saintes, France
Turin, Piedmont, Italy - 12 09 2023: The Count of Cavour was an Italian politician, businessman, economist and noble, and a leading figure in the movement towards Italian unification.
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Warsaw, Poland - July 28: statue in the garden of Wilanow Palace  July 28, 2022 in Warsaw, Poland
Painting by Luigi Sabatelli dated 1806 in the Chapel of Madonna del Conforto, Cathedral of Arezzo
A seagull perched on the head of a statue at Prato Della Valle square, in Padua city center, Italy. Abbey of Santa Giustina on background
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) was a poet, writer and philosopher. His sculpture is located in an open public space in the Niches.
Statue of Prince Henry the Navigator Porto Portugal Europe
Rome, Italy - February 26, 2015: An abandoned monument in front of the main entrance at Villa Albani in Rome, Italy. The Villa was built between 1747 and 1767 by the architect Carlo Marchionni
A mesmerizing statue of Perseus holding Medusa's head in Florence, depicting Italy's reverence for classical mythology and art
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