Title

Loggia del Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy, 1882. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Loggia dei Lanzi, Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy, 1882. The Piazza della Signoria is an L-shaped square in front of the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. It was named after the Palazzo della Signoria, also called Palazzo Vecchio, the town hall of Florence, seen here on the left. The Loggia dei Lanzi is an arched open-air sculpture gallery of antique and Renaissance art, built in the late 14th century. Just visible on the right is "The rape of the Sabine Women" by Giambologna. From "Florence", by Charles Yriarte, translated by CB Pitman and published by Sampson Low (London, 1882).
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Date

1882

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C44_395

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (7,6Mb) / 11,7in x 16,6in / 3505 x 4991 (300dpi)

Keywords

Italy Italian building buildings square architecture Tuscany country display Town Hall palace Florence piazza location century Palazzo Vecchio B&W MONOCHROME engraving publication Piazza della Signoria 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector TGN Charles engraving Loggia del Lanzi Unknown Charles Yriarte Yriarte Charles Yriarte engraving