Italy

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.

Ponte Sta Trinita: Panorama from Palazzo Capponi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.
Temple of Herucles and Temple of Fortuna Viirilis: Engraved by John Pass.
Panorama of Florence without Porto San Niccolo: After Giuseppe Zocchi.
Panorama of Florence and its environs: View from the Convento Padri Cappuccini Montughi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.
Roman Costume: Cavalry, Senator and Soldiers
Rare: Panorama of Rome from the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore to St Peter’s Cathedral. With a key to principal buildings and a poem in Latin, Dutch and French to the ‘ornament of Europe’.
Italy: An illustrative description of national characteristics.
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari: East Front with the Campanile.
Palazzo Ducale: Panoramic view of the Palace, the Ponte dei Sospiri, Prigioni Nuove, Dogana di Mari and entrance to the Grand Canal.
Alian Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo: With Part of the City of Rome.
Piazza San Marco: With views of the Arsenal, Lagoon, gondolas, and Ponte dei Pugni with text.
Circus Flaminius: Chariot Racing in the hippodrome located at the south end of Campus Martius in the area of Teatro Marcello on the Tiber. After Johannes Blaeu.
Verona: Early view of the Ampitheatre from over the Adige river with decorative border
Campus Martius: Double view of the Mausoleum of Augustus and the Theatre of Marcellus.
San Marino: Views of the new Government Palace and Captain-Regent rulers.
Figure of the Nile: Grande Fountana di Piazza Navona.
Genoa: Piazza di Pellicceria. View of Palazzo di Spinolla and its landing stage.
Pantheon and Temple of Concord. Engraved by John Pass.
Piazza of St John Lateran of the Cardinals College. With the Holy Stairs.
Palazzo Apostolico: View of the Cortile del Belvedere designed by Donato Bramante in the early 16th century.
Turin: Panoramic city view towards the Graian Alps with vignettes of principal buildings and key to mountain heights.
Balloon View from Chiaia beach at Forio: Looking towards Castello Arogonese at Ischia, and Mount Vesuvius.
Balloon View: Looking towards the Adriatic from near the basilica of St Maria Gloriosa dei Frari.
Quirinal Hill: Palazzo del Quirinal seen from the Piazza with the statues of Castor and Pollux. The obelisk now erected between them had yet to be found at the Tomb of Augustus. After Giovanni Falda.
Panoramic view over the Tiber from Janiculum Hill or the Giancolo: With ornate title, festoons and wide decorative border.
Verona: Balloon view of the city from above the Castel Vecchio.
Teatro Marcello and Via del Foro Piscario: After Giovanni Piranesi.
Florence: Panoramic view from Vaga Loggia on the Arono: After Giuseppe Zocchi.
Bird’s eye view of Naples: from the Bay towards Castel St. Elmo with Vesuvius on the left.
Livorno: Balloon view from the Fanal dei Pisani, overlooking the Pentagona de Buotalenti.
Rialto: Ponte di Rialto.View from the Grand Canal.
Messina: The Strait of Messina with the HMS Foudroyant.
Basaltes of the Cyclops Sicily. Engraved by John Pass.
Piazza di San Marco: Looking towards the Basilica.
Ancona: Panorama of the port from the Adriatic. With 14 vignettes of principal structures.
Ortles Alps with camp of von Payer who first mapped the Alps in 1865-68. With key.
When the Colosseum falls, Rome falls and when Rome falls, the world falls. Engraved by John Pass.
Trajan’s Column: View from the ruins of Trajan’s forum.
Rare: Bird’s Eye view of the city of Venice from the Guidecca.
Bird’s Eye view of Venice: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.
Bird’s eye view of Rome: From the fortifications damaged in the Second Italian War of Independence with emphasis on the Collosseum.
Mount Etna erupting in 1787. Engraved by John Pass.
Milan: Balloon view from above the Policlinico of Milan. Looking towards the Cathedral.
Panorama from the Bay of Naples: Looking towards the city with Mount Vesuvius in the distance. From Hildebrandt’s ‘Round the World’ voyage.
Santa Maria del Fiore: View of the Cathedral and Piazza del Duomo with the procession of Corpus Domini. After Giuseppe Zocchi.
Rimini: View of the Tiberius Bridge over the Marecchia. Completed in 20 AD, it famously withstood all attempts to destroy it in WWII.
Panorama of Florence: Following the annexation of Tuscany into the Kingdom of Italy, Florence became the capital until 1870 when it was replaced by Rome.
Bird’s Eye view: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.
The Colosseum: View of the exterior of the world’s largest amphitheater by one of the 18th century’s greatest print makers. With detailed key. 1st edition, Rome. Hind 57.
Turin: Prospective decoration for the Palazzo Reale at Piazza. With key in Italian.
Rialto Bridge: View towards the bridge with the Palazzo Dolfin Manin and the Wine Wharf. After Michele Marieschi.
Accademia di Belle Arti: At the Scuola della Carita
Piazza San Marco: Colonne San Marco. After Richard Bonnington.
Palazzo Barberini (Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Antica).
Monte Adamello from Monte Piscanna, and the Brentastock from Monte Ritorto.
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.
Palazzo Ducale and the Riva degli Schiavoni: Looking eastwards with the column of St Mark’s to the left. After Antonio Canaletto.