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This page represents a selection of our collection of original Antique prints of Italy. Please click on an image to see it in high-resolution, with details of the work itself.  For enquiries and purchases, please do contact us.

Italy: With vignettes of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Colosseum.

Venice: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.

Florence: View from the Convento Padri Cappuccini Montughi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

Mount Vesuvius: Panorama from St Elmo towards Naples

Milan: Magna Domus Hospitalis (Ca’ Granda) founded in 1456, now the foundation of the University of Milan.

Turin: Panoramic city view with vignettes of principal buildings and key to mountain heights in title.

Venice: San Giovanni and San Paolo.

Venice: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.

Turin: Prospective decoration for the Palazzo Reale at Piazza. With key in Italian.

Venice: Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari. East Front with the Campanile.

Lugano: Bird’s eye view over lakes Lugano, Maggiore and Como, with two views of Lugano.

Milan: Front elevation of the Duomo di Santa Maria Nascente.

Mineralogy: Basalts of the Cyclops Sicily. Engraved by John Pass.

Venice: View towards the Rialto bridge with the Palazzo Dolfin Manin and the Wine Wharf. After Michele Marieschi.

Venice: Ponte dei Pugni (Bridge of Fists). Four white marble footprints mark where combatants settle disputes with fisticuffs.

Lago Orta: View of Isola San Giulio and the Basilica di San Giulio.

Florence: Towards the Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore.

Matterhorn: View from Val Tournanche.

Venice: Piazza San Marco. View of the Campanile.

Genoa: View from the Imperial Hotel over the port.

Venice: Sposalizio dei Mare. Ceremony of the marriage of Venice to the Adriatic during the Festa della Sensa (Feast of Ascension).

Mount Etna: Viewed from Taurominium.

Syracuse: View towards Isola Ortigia.

Venice: Palazzo Ducale and the Riva degli Schiavoni. Looking eastwards with the column of St Mark’s to the left. After Antonio Canaletto.

Venice: Accademia di Belle Arti. At the Scuola della Carita

Venice: Castello di San Andrea. View at the entrance to the port of the Lido.

Florence: Panorama of Santa Maria del Fiore and Piazza del Duomo with the procession of Corpus Domini. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

Venice: Rialto Bridge. View on the Grand Canal.

Venice: Lido with the port of St Nicholas.

Venice: Rare bird’s Eye view of the city of Venice from the Guidecca.

Ancona: Panorama of the port from the Adriatic. With 14 vignettes of principal structures.

Italia: An illustrative description of national characteristics.

Naples: Panorama from the Bay of Naples, looking towards the city with Mount Vesuvius in the distance. From Hildebrandt’s ‘Round the World’ voyage.

Venice: San Rocco and Campo San Rocco.

Livorno: Balloon view from the Fanal dei Pisani, overlooking the Pentagona de Buotalenti.

Venice: Looking towards the Adriatic from near the basilica of St Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.

Arsenale di Venezie. View of the Porta Magna.

Milan: The Duomo (Santa Maria Nascente) prior to the completion of all of its spires in the 19th century.

Naples: Panoramic view from Villa Falconnet.

Panorama of Florence: View from the environs towards the Duomo.

Ponte Vechio, with the Palazzo Vecchio and Casa di Dante Alighieri.

Grand Canal: Panoramic view with the Basilica di San Marco.

Milan: Balloon view from above the Policlinico of Milan. Looking towards the Cathedral.

Ortles Alps with camp of von Payer who first mapped the Alps in 1865-68. With key.

Bird’s eye view of Naples from the Bay towards Castel St. Elmo with Vesuvius on the left.

Venice: Piazza San Marco. Colonne San Marco. After Richard Bonnington.

Padua: Church of St. Anton.

Genoa: Piazza di Pellicceria. View of Palazzo di Spinolla and its landing stage.

Venice: Palazzo Ducale. Panoramic view of the Palace, the Ponte dei Sospiri, Prigioni Nuove, Dogana di Mari and entrance to the Grand Canal.

Lago Maggiore. 1820. Parma: de Pavie.

Ferrara: View of the Palazzo Schifanoia.

Florence: Panorama of Sta Trinita. from Palazzo Capponi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

Panorama of Naples: View from above the grotto of Posilipo.

View of the church and Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo and the statue of Bartolomeo Colleon by Andrea del Verrocchio.

Venice: Piazza San Marco:.View towards the Campanile.

Monte Adamello from Monte Piscanna, and the Brentastock from Monte Ritorto.

Venice: Piazza di San Marco. Looking towards the Basilica.

Verona: Early view of the Amphitheatre from over the Adige river with decorative border

Lago Maggiore: Panorama towards the Borromeo islands.

Florence: Following the annexation of Tuscany into the Kingdom of Italy, Florence became the capital until 1870 when it was replaced by Rome.

Florence: From Chiesa di San Salvatore al Monte.

Venice: Santa Maria del Rosario (I Gesuati), on the Zattere canal.

Catania: Square of the Elephant.

Panorama of Florence: View from vineyards in the environs.

Venice: Dogana del Mare. View of San Giorgio Maggiore, Santa Maria della Salute and Santa Maria della Presentazione.

Rimini: View of the Tiberius Bridge over the Marecchia. Completed in 20 AD, it famously withstood all attempts to destroy it in WWII.

Venice: Panoramic view from Vaga Loggia on the Arono. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

Venice: Sposalizio del Mare. Allegorical marriage of Venice to the Adriatic during the Festa della Sensa (Feast of Ascension). With the Bucentauro, the Galley of the Doge of Venice and other ships in front of San Nicolo al Lido.

San Marino: Views of the new Government Palace and Captain-Regent rulers.

Mount Etna: The volcano erupting in 1787. Engraved by John Pass.

Naples: Balloon View from Chiaia beach at Forio. Looking towards Castello Arogonese at Ischia, and Mount Vesuvius.

Florence: View from the Boboli Gardens.

Verona: Balloon view of the city from above the Castel Vecchio.

Panorama of Florence without Porto San Niccolo. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

Roman Costume. Cavalry, Senator and Soldiers

Lago Maggiore: Borromeo Islands. View of Isola Bella from Stresa.

Turin: With the Plains of Piedmont.

Naples: View from Monte Martino.

Florence: Santa Maria del Fiore.

Sicily: The Strait of Messina with the HMS Foudroyant.