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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.

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

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

Syracuse: View towards Isola Ortigia.

Ferrara: View of the Palazzo Schifanoia.

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

Naples: Panoramic view from Villa Falconnet.

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

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

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

Florence: Santa Maria del Fiore.

Punti Pittoreschi di Venezia: Houses on the San Marco Canal.

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

Lago Maggiore: Panorama towards the Borromeo islands.

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

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

Lago Maggiore. 1820. Parma: de Pavie.

Panorama of Florence: View from vineyards in the environs.

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

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

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

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

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

Florence: View from the Boboli Gardens.

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

Naples: View from Monte Martino.

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

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

Padua: Church of St. Anton.

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

Venice: Piazza San Marco. View of the Campanile.

Mount Vesuvius: Panorama from St Elmo towards Naples

Roman Costume. Cavalry, Senator and Soldiers

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

Italia: An illustrative description of national characteristics.

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

Lake Como: View of Bellagio. After George Barnard.

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.

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

Lago Como: View of Villa Pliniana

Venice: Rialto Bridge. View on the Grand Canal.

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

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

Sicily: The Strait of Messina with the HMS Foudroyant.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lago Maggiore: View of Arona.

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

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

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

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

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

Genoa: View from the Imperial Hotel over the port.

Turin: With the Plains of Piedmont.

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

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

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

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

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

Mount Etna: Viewed from Taurominium.

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

Naples: Panorama from the Bay of Naples looking towards Mount Vesuvius.

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

Venice: Lido with the port of St Nicholas.

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

Venice: San Giovanni and San Paolo.

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

Venice: Rialto Bridge from the Grand Canal.

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

Pompeii: Strada delle Tombe (Street of Tombs). View towards the Herculaneum Gate.

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

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

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

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

Santa Maria Della Salute a Venise: Panoramic view with gondolas.

Arsenale di Venezie. View of the Porta Magna.

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

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

Venice: San Rocco and Campo San Rocco.

Catania: Square of the Elephant.