GIO5027362: Portrait of American dancer Ted Shawn (1891-1972) with a flamenco dancer costume, 1925. / 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

VEN5027422: Portrait of Saint Jerome, monsters, the parable of Solomon. Page of the manuscript of the Bible of Borso d'Este (1413-1471) (Bibbia, Breviario d'Ercole) (Vol. I, C.112 r) miniature by Taddeo Crivelli (1425-1479), 1455-1461, Biblioteca Estense de Modene. / 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

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

MPH5027814: Master of arithmetic, sd. 17th century. Painting by Pietro della Vecchia (1602-1678). Galleria Estense, Modene. / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027866: Child actress Shirley Temple (born in 1928) in a dressing dress in 1935. / Bridgeman Images

VEN5027913: Copies of objects (statue of a young man) from the collection of Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli, a sheet from an 18th century manuscript, Archive of the Museo civico Archeologico de Bologna. Italy / 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

MPH5027646: Classroom decoree of frescoes by Rodolfo Fantuzzi (1781-1832) Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna / Bridgeman Images

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

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

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

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

MPH5027970: Portrait of Mathilde de Canossa (or Countess Mathilde of Tuscany) (1046 - 1115). Castle of Quattro Castella (Reggio Emilia) / Bridgeman Images

GIO5027990: Portrait of comedian Romy Schneider in the role of the Impress Elizabeth of Austria called Sissi in “Sissi” by Ernst Marischka. 1955 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028013: Portrait of the King of Italy Vittorio Emanuele (Victor Emmanuel) III of Savoy (1869-1947) in 1918 / Bridgeman Images

GIO5028056: Cigar label marketed on behalf of American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895-1926) (derived products) 1922 / 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

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

PLP5028319: Animals and Noe's Ark during the Deluge, illustration by Patrizia La Porta., La Porta, Patrizia / Bridgeman Images

PLP5028393: Chinese horoscope: the sign of pork., La Porta, Patrizia / Bridgeman Images

MPH5028451: Detail of a fresco of the room of Diane (Artemis) and Acteon by Francesco Mazzola called Le Parmesan (1503-1540) (Parmigianino) for Paola Gonzaga and Galeazzo Sanvitale. It represents a nymph playing horn as well as cherubins and “putti”. Acteon is a deer by Diane. Rocca San Vitale, Fontanellato (near Parma)., Parmigianino (Francesco Mazzola) (1503-40) / Bridgeman Images

MPH5028477: Representation of a monster, half man, half horse. He has palm fingers. It's a kind of centaur. Plate 57 of a manuscript of Natural History by Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522-1605) on monsters, Ulisse Aldrovandi fonds, University Bibl., ed. 1603. / Bridgeman Images