ELD4885753: The three Confederates taking oath on the Grutli According to the founding myth of Switzerland, the three confederates Arnold de Melchtal, Walter Furst and Werner Stauffacher representing the vallees of Uri, Schwytz and Unterwald made a federal pact proclaiming the perpetual alliance of their three communities in 1307 (Rutlischwur, legendary oath of the Old Swiss Confederacy, taken on the Rutli, Seelisberg, 1307) Drawing a pen drawn from “” Historische Memorabilian des In-und Auslandes”” by Anton Ziegler, 1840 Private collection, Geiger, Peter Johann Nepomuk (1805-80) / Bridgeman Images
LRI4635317: The Italian playwright Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) declares a sonnet before the members of the Colonia Alfea (equivalent of the Academy of Arcadia in Pisa) in the Scotto Garden of Pisa Painting by Annibale Gatti (1828 - 1909), 1840 Rome Museo del Burcardo, Gatti, Annibale (1828-1909) / Bridgeman Images