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ROME

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Roman Costume: Cavalry, Senator and Soldiers

Messina: The Strait of Messina with the HMS Foudroyant.

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

Basaltes of the Cyclops Sicily. Engraved by John Pass.

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

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 and its environs: View from the Convento Padri Cappuccini Montughi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

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

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

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

Alian Bridge and Castle of St. Angelo: With Part of the City of Rome.

Piazza di San Marco: Looking towards the Basilica.

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

Accademia di Belle Arti: At the Scuola della Carita

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

Ponte Sta Trinita: Panorama from Palazzo Capponi. After Giuseppe Zocchi.

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

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

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

Italy: An illustrative description of national characteristics.

Bird’s Eye view: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.

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.

Bird’s Eye view of Venice: From Guidecca near San Giorgi Maggiore towards Piazza San Marco and the Lido.

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.

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

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

Rialto: Ponte di Rialto.View from the Grand Canal.