VEN5027469: Astrology: representation of the sign of the fish. Page of the manuscript Physiognomia (Liber physiognomiae) (ms. 697) by Michael Scotus (or Scot) (1170-1236). Biblioteca estense, Modene, Italy. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027489: The “” Cyropedie”” by Xenophon (Senofonte) Copy dedicated to Ercole d'Este (Hercules II d'Este). Scene of dedicace (detail). Latin translation by Matteo Maria Boiardo (1440-1494). Biblioteca Estense. Modene. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027391: Portrait of Marie Jose (Marie-Jose) of Belgium (Maria Jose de Savoie) (1906-2001), future queen of Italy, circa 1911. Ostend, Belgium / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027407: Portrait of the French politician Raymond Poincare (1860-1934), unknown photographer / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027559: Portrait of Marco Foscarini 117eme doge of Venice elected in 1762, did in 1695, died in 1763.Anonymous painting of the end of the 18th century. Bologna. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027471: Astrology: representation of the sign of the Virgin. Page of the manuscript Physiognomia (Liber physiognomiae) (ms. 697) by Michael Scotus (or Scot) (1170-1236). Biblioteca estense, Modene, Italy. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027664: Apollo playing the Cithare (Apollo citharede). Anonymous mural. Palazzo Ferrari, Piacenza (Piacenza). / Bridgeman Images

VEN5027484: Breviarium romanum (Roman breviary). Illuminated manuscript representing the annunciation, the nativity and some zodiac signs. Biblioteca Palatina, Parma. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027625: Portrait of Queen Mary Jose (Marie-Jose) of Belgium (Maria Jose de Savoie) (1906-2001) around 1923 in school uniform. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027795: Portrait of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883) circa 1880 / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027552: Portrait of Ludovico Manin or Lodovico Manin last doge of Venice, He ruled from 1789 to 1797. Anonymous painting of the end of the 18th century. Collezioni comunali d'arte. Bologna. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027557: Popular imagery of Pope Pius (Pio or Pius) XI (1857-1939) 20th century / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027561: Child actress Shirley Temple (born in 1928) on the cover of the Italian magazine “” Alba”” in 1937. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027571: Virgin has child and a saint (Saint Anthony of Padua? (san antonio di padova). Anonymous mural. Collegio delle Orsoline, Parma. / Bridgeman Images

VEN5027616: Portrait of San Geminiano (Saint Geminianus). Page of the Laureat diploma by L. Tartaglione, 1604, 17th century. Biblioteca Estense. Modene. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027620: Portrait of the Italian King Vittorio Emanuele (Victor Emmanuel) III of Savoy (1869-1947) in the 1920s. / Bridgeman Images

XEE5027642: Paradise, 17th century (oil on canvas), Bassetti, Marcantonio (1586-1630) / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027661: 7034/5-7 Battle scene in the Roman antiquit. Anonymous painting of the 19th century. Palazzo marescalchi, Bologna. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027677: Portrait of Padre Martini (1706-1784) (Pere Martini) by real name Giovanni Battista Martini, composer and theorist of Italian music. Anonymous painting.Civico Museo Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027849: Cover of the Italian edition of “Una vita violenta”” by Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) 1965 / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027949: Portrait of the Neapolitan pharmacist Ferrante Imperato (1550-1631) / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027987: Portrait of Helene (Elena) of Montenegro, Queen of Italy (1873-1952) 1901 ca. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5028034: Moon with the zodiac sign of cancer. Downstairs, boats during the rising maree. Miniature made by Cristoforo de Predis (v. 1440-v. 1486) - in “” De Sphaera””” d'Este. Around 1470. Biblioteca Estense, Modene., Predis, Cristoforo de (1440-86) / Bridgeman Images

MPH5028057: Page from the Tractatus de Herbis by Dioscorides Pedanius, 1458 (vellum), Italian School, (15th century) / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027945: Portrait of Boris III tsar of Bulgaria (1894-1943) and his wife the Tsarina Joan of Bulgaria (Giovanna di savoia, Joan of Savoy) (1907-2000) Year 1930 / Bridgeman Images

MPH5027965: Middle Ages: frescoes depicting castles with armees. Parish church. Lesignano de'bagni near Parma. Italy / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027999: Portrait of Austrian actress ROMY SCHNEIDER (1938-1982) in Helmut Kautner's “Monpti”, circa 1956. / Bridgeman Images

MPH5028042: Sulphur ore mining: a man with a shovel digs the soil of a sulfur. Detail of a page of the manuscript “” Treat on herbs”” (Tractatus de herbis) by Pedanius Dioscorides (Dioscorides) (40-90 AD) Lat.993, C.15 r. 15th century. Biblioteca Estense, Modene. / Bridgeman Images

VEN5028116: Agricultural work: harvest. Miniature depicting the month of July from a psalter, Biblioteca estense de Modene, Italy / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028152: Portrait of Humbert II of Savoy (Umberto II di savoia) (1904-1983) during an official visit in uniform by Colonel of Infantry, 1930. He became king of Italy in 1946 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028155: Cover of the Italian magazine for silent film actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) 1933 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028215: Portrait of Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin (1870-1946) circa 1900 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028237: Portrait of Princess Yolande (Jolanda or Iolanda di Savoia) of Savoy (1901-1986) with her children Maria Ludovica and Vittoria. 1928 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027826: Child actress Shirley Temple (born in 1928) posing with her doll in 1934. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027934: Portrait of the Austrian actress ROMY SCHNEIDER (1938-1982) around 1957. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027951: Portrait of American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) posing for the promotion of Philip Rosen's film “The Young Rajah” 1922 / Bridgeman Images