ELD4959225: Portrait of Anne Comnene (Comnena or Komnene) Byzantine historian, princess, scholar, physician and hospital administrator, (1083-1153) daughter of Emperor Alexius I and Impress Irene Doukas. 19th century (engraving from “The illustrious women of Europe” by Countess Drojowowowan Ska) / Bridgeman Images
XEE5027179: Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (Nicolas Machiavel, 1469-1527) with Pandolfo Petrucci seigneur of Siena - in “” Complete Works by Niccolo Machiavelli””, illustration by Alessandro Focosi (1836 - 1869), Libreria Francesco Sanvito, 1858 - Biblioteca Civica A. Mas, Bergamo, Focosi, Alessandro (1836-69) / Bridgeman Images
LSE4313476: Baudelaire and President Sabatier. An intimate and unfinished painting depicting the poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) and his muse mistress Apollonie Aglae Sabatier (1822-1889), known as the president who hosted a worldly salon in 19th century Paris. The hugging of lovers and the luminous whiteness of the woman's body confers to the canvas an eroticism daring for the period, sensuality reinforced by the pose of the woman that recalls the mythological theme of Leda. Painting directed to Thomas Couture (1811-1879), oil on canvas, circa 1850. 19th century French Art. Museum of Fine Arts in Clermont Ferrand (Clermont-Ferrand)., Couture, Thomas (1815-79) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4144680: War of the Gauls: Battle of Aduatuca between the Belgian people of the Eburons and the Roman army. Defeated Quintus Titurius Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta in 54 BC. Engraving from 1868 in “Histoire de Belgique from primitive times to the end of the regne of Leopold I”” by Theodore Juste (1818-1888). Private collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images