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Southern European Descent Collection

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Positano, italy. Amalfi Coast

Positano, italy. Amalfi Coast
High view of Positano, italy. Amalfi Coast. Costa Amalfitana

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson

Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson
(Original Caption) Rudolph Valentino and Gloria Swanson in "Beyond the Rocks" (1922). Movie still

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis

Maria Callas and Aristotle Onassis
(Original Caption) 9/9/1959- Milan, Italy: Callas confirms marriage breakup

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pope Benedict XV

Pope Benedict XV
POPE BENEDICT XV 1854-1922 POPE (1914-22) DURING WORLD WAR I MAINTAINTED NEUTRALITY, ORGANIZED RELIEF WORK; UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED TO MEDIATE A PEACE SETTLEMENT (1917)

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Italian Republican Leader Giuseppe Mazzini

Italian Republican Leader Giuseppe Mazzini
Giuseppe Mazzini, (1805-1872), founded the organization Young Italy and led the Republican movement for a united Italy

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Adelaide Neilson as Juliet

Adelaide Neilson as Juliet
(Original Caption) 1872: Publicity handout of Adelaide Neilson (1846-1880), English-born actress who moved to America in 1872

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pope Leo XIII

Pope Leo XIII
(Original Caption) Pope Leo XIII. Photograph made in 1878

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pianist Ferrucio Busoni Posing at Piano

Pianist Ferrucio Busoni Posing at Piano
(Original Caption) Ferrucio Busoni, (1866-1924), Italian pianist and composer. Considered greatest piano technician after Liszt and Rubinstein

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Uffizi Palace and Palazzo Vecchio Campanile

Uffizi Palace and Palazzo Vecchio Campanile
(Original Caption) Florence, Italy: View of the Palazzo Uffizi (Uffizi Palace), with the Palazzo Vecchio (Old Palace) in the background, as seen through an arched gate

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Organ Grinder And Monkey Collect Money

Organ Grinder And Monkey Collect Money
(Original Caption) Italian organ grinder with his monkey collecting money. Photograph 1892. BPA2# 1551

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Olympic Participants, 1896

Portrait of Olympic Participants, 1896
(Original Caption) Group portrait of the American and Greek victors, contestants, and officials of the Olympic Games. Screened image, 1896

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Caricature of Casanova

Caricature of Casanova
Caricature of Cassanova, (1825-1798). BPA2# 2911

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Cecil B. De Mille and Elissa Landi

Cecil B. De Mille and Elissa Landi
Director Cecil B. De Mille and actress Elissa Landi observe the filming on the set of The Sign of Cross. Landi played the role of Mercia, while De Mille was the director of the film

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini

Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) founded schools, orphanages, and hospitals throughout the United States and South America, and became the first American saint, canonized in 1946

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Giovanni Martinelli Operatic Tenor

Giovanni Martinelli Operatic Tenor
(Original Caption) Giovanni Martinelli operatic tenor. Full length as the Duke in "Rigoletto". Undated

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Enrico Caruso In Formal Attire

Enrico Caruso In Formal Attire
(Original Caption) 3/4 length photograph of Enrico Caruso in formal attire

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Mussolin Marching Down In Berlin

Mussolin Marching Down In Berlin
(Original Caption) Mussolini in Berlin, marching down Victoriastrasse. Rudolf Hess at his left. Undated photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini

Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini
(Original Caption) Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Prime Minister. Undated photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Film Maker Michelangelo Antonioni

Film Maker Michelangelo Antonioni
(Original Caption) Film maker, Michelangelo Antonioni, ca. 1967. Photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Mussolini Walks Down Stairs W/ Officers

Mussolini Walks Down Stairs W/ Officers
(Original Caption) Mussolini in the mid-1930's surrounded by his corps of officers. Photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Giacomo Puchini Checking Score For The Girl of the Golden West

Giacomo Puchini Checking Score For The Girl of the Golden West
(Original Caption) Naples, Italy: Giacomo Puchini checking score during premier of "Girl of the Golden West"

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Madame Elsa Schiaparelli Dress Designer

Madame Elsa Schiaparelli Dress Designer
(Original Caption) Madame Elsa Schiaparelli, French dress designer. Photograph, 1920s

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pope Paul VI In His Office At Vatican

Pope Paul VI In His Office At Vatican
(Original Caption) Vatican City, Rome: Pope Paul VI in his office in the Vatican

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Photo Of Gabrielle D'Annunzio

Photo Of Gabrielle D'Annunzio
(Original Caption) Gabrielle D'Annunzio. Photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Neumagen School Relief

Neumagen School Relief
Roman school. Relief from tomb of Neumagen. BPA2# 1277

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait Of Composer Giacomo Puccini

Portrait Of Composer Giacomo Puccini
(Original Caption) Portrait of Italian composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). Undated photograph. Photo by Bragi

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: G.A.Rossini Operatic Composer

G.A.Rossini Operatic Composer
(Original Caption) Portrait of G.A. Rossini, Italian operatic composer, 1792-1868. Undated photo

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pope Pius XII

Pope Pius XII is historically controversial due to allegations that he he did not speak out against the Nazi's, although this has been disproved by an historian who

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Columbus and Queen Isabella

Portrait of Columbus and Queen Isabella

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Rudolph Valentino

Portrait of Rudolph Valentino
(Original Caption) Rudolph Valentino, the great lover. Head and shoulders photograph in jacket and tie

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pencil Sketch of Niccolo Paganini by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

Pencil Sketch of Niccolo Paganini by Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
(Original Caption) Niccolo Paganini, (1782-1840), renowned Italian violinist. 3/4-length frontal pencil sketch, 1819, by French painter Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres (1780-1867)

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Guglielmo Marconi at His Desk

Guglielmo Marconi at His Desk
(Original Caption) 1903-Photograph shows Guglielmo Marconi at his desk at the time of his first wireless experiments

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Print of Palestrina Showing Pope Julian III His New Mass

Print of Palestrina Showing Pope Julian III His New Mass
PALESTRINA HANDS OF POPE JULIAN III HIS NEW MASS, UNDATED WOODCUT

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Pythagoras

Portrait of Pythagoras
A portrait of Pythagoras based on a detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. | Based on: The School of Athens by Raphael

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraving After The Trojan Horse by Henri Paul Motte

Engraving After The Trojan Horse by Henri Paul Motte

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Carlo Gambino

Carlo Gambino
Gangster Carlo Gambino in a mug shot

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Pope John XXIII as Cardinal

Pope John XXIII as Cardinal
(Original Caption) Pope John XXIII raises his hand in benediction in this official Vatican photo made before he was elevated to the Papal throne in 1958

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Roberto Rossellini Directing from Camera

Roberto Rossellini Directing from Camera
(Original Caption) Roberto Rossellini, the famed Italian director, gets behind a movie camera here, so that he can see the set as the camera sees it during the shooting of his latest movie, St

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Charles Ponzi Smoking a Cigar

Charles Ponzi Smoking a Cigar
Charles Ponzi standing on a staircase and smoking a cigar

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Giovanni Battista Montini

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Montini
Monsignor Giovanni Battista Montini, later to become Pope Paul VI

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Football Player Leo Nomellini

Football Player Leo Nomellini at the University of Minnesota. Nomellini was a Hall of Fame American football player and two-time All-American player for the University of Minnesota

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi
(Original Caption) Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Italian physicist, inventor and pioneer in wireless communication. Co-winner of the 1909 Nobel Prize for physics

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Olympic Stadium in Athens

Olympic Stadium in Athens
(Original Caption) Looking down the stadium at the finish of a race - Standing room only. The Olympic games at Athens, screened image, 1896

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Saint Germain of Auxerre Blessing a Young Girl near Nanterre

Saint Germain of Auxerre Blessing a Young Girl near Nanterre
PUVIS DE CHAVANNES (1824-1898): MURAL DEPICTING THE CHRISTIANIZATION OF BRITON. LANDING NEAR LANTERRE, ST. GERMAIN D'AUXERRE BLESSES A OYUNG GIRL WHO WAS TO BECOME ST

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: The Departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol by Ernest Board

The Departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol by Ernest Board
1497-Bristol, England-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: The departure of John and Sebastian Cabot from Bristol, on their first voyage of discovery in 1497

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Cigarette Card Depicting Galileo Galilei

Cigarette Card Depicting Galileo Galilei
Italian mathematician, astronomer and physicist Galileo (Galilei), 1564-1642. Undated lithograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Guiliano de Medici by Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of Guiliano de Medici by Sandro Botticelli
(Original Caption) Botticelli: (1444-1510), Portrait of Guiliano de Medici

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Opera Singer Maria Callas

Opera Singer Maria Callas
Maria Callas, renowned soprano, shown in a close-up. Callas is wearing a dark blouse and a single strand of pearls. Undated photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Opera Singer Maria Callas Studying Music

Opera Singer Maria Callas Studying Music
(Original Caption) Maria Callas, famed soprano, studying a score. Half length profile

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Archimedes Demonstrating Power of the Lever

Archimedes Demonstrating Power of the Lever
Preeminent Greek mathematician and inventor, Archimedes, demonstrates the use and power of the lever

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Napoleon at the Revolt of Pavia by Paul Emile Boutigny

Napoleon at the Revolt of Pavia by Paul Emile Boutigny
Napoleon I (1769-1821) French general and emperor

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Allesandro Volta

Allesandro Volta
(Original Caption) Allesandro Volta. Undated painting. BPA2# 1455

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Actress Melina Mercouri

Actress Melina Mercouri
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Actress Melina Mercouri

Actress Melina Mercouri
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraving After The Trojan Horse by Henri Paul Motte

Engraving After The Trojan Horse by Henri Paul Motte
THE TROJAN HORSE. AFTER A PAINTING BY HENRI MOTTE, CORCORAN GALLERY, WASHINGTON D.C

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Giuliano de Medici by Botticelli

Giuliano de Medici by Botticelli
PORTRAIT OF GUILIANO DE MEDICI. PAINTING BY BOTTICELLI: 1444-1510

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Painting Of Catherine De Medicis

Painting Of Catherine De Medicis
(Original Caption) Catherine De Medicis (1519-1689), Queen of Henry II of France, mother of 3 Kings of France. Worked to Establish toleration for Protestants; by edicts ended civil wars of religion

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Columbus Landing In America

Columbus Landing In America
(Original Caption) Columbus landing in America, jumping from barge to take possession of the new continent. Wood engraving. Undated

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci Holding a Map

Portrait of Amerigo Vespucci Holding a Map
(Original Caption) Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), italian navagator and explorer involved in several early voyages to the new world

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraving Depicting Amerigo Vespucci

Engraving Depicting Amerigo Vespucci
(Original Caption) Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), Italian Navigator and explorer after whom America was named

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraved Portrait of Sappho, Greek Lyric Poet

Engraved Portrait of Sappho, Greek Lyric Poet
(Original Caption) Sappho (c. 610-C.580 B.C.), Greek lyric poet of Lesbos. Undated engraving. BPA2 #5496

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Guiseppe Verdi

Guiseppe Verdi
(Original Caption) Guiseppe Verdi (1813-1901, Italian operatic composer. Undated photograph

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Galileo Galilei Before The Inquisition

Galileo Galilei Before The Inquisition
(Original Caption) Galileo Galilei (1564-1642), Italian mathematician, astronomer, and physicist, before the Inquisition (ca. 1632). Galileo was put under house arrest, and went blind in 1637

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Last Scene Of 'Antigone;'Man Weeps In Ce

Last Scene Of "Antigone;"Man Weeps In Ce
(Original Caption) Scenes from classical plays. Last scene of "Antigone": Creon crying over the body of his son, Haemon. French woodcut, no date

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli

Portrait of Simonetta Vespucci by Sandro Botticelli
SANDRO BOTTICELLI 1444-1510. PORTRAIT OF SIMONETTA VESPUCCI. YOUNG GIRL WITH ELABORATE TRESSES. PAINTING

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Elia Kazan, Head And Shoulders Shot

Elia Kazan, Head And Shoulders Shot
(Original Caption) Elia Kazan, film director who established himself for his direction of "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn." Photograph c. 1946

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Study for the Trivulzio Monument by Leonardo da Vinci

Study for the Trivulzio Monument by Leonardo da Vinci
Drawings of an unrealized funeral monument for Gian Giacomo Trivulzio. | Located in: Royal Library

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Woodcut Of Pythagoras

Woodcut Of Pythagoras
(Original Caption) Pythagoras (c. 580-500 BC). Greek philosopher and mathematician. "The Simian Sage;" head of School of Crotona, Greek colony in Italy

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Giovanna Tornabuoni by Domenico Ghirlandaio

Giovanna Tornabuoni by Domenico Ghirlandaio
1488. Tempera on panel, 30.32 x 19.29 inches. Located in theThyssen-Bornemisza Collection, Switzerland

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Painting of Euclid by Justus von Ghent

Painting of Euclid by Justus von Ghent
(Original Caption) Euclid Greek mathematician

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi by Giovanni Boldini
Portrait of Giuseppi Verdi (1813-1901) Italian Operatic composer. Painting by Giovanni Boldini. BPA2# 3483

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraving After Christopher Columbus by Parmigianino

Engraving After Christopher Columbus by Parmigianino
This engraving is after a so-called portrait of Christopher Columbus by Parmigianino in the Royal Gallery of Naples

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Italian Politician and Writer Niccolo Machiavelli

Portrait of Italian Politician and Writer Niccolo Machiavelli
(Original Caption) Picture shows Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Italian political philosopher and statesman who tried to unite Italy which he described in one of his works

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Painting of Marco Polo Before Kublai Khan

Painting of Marco Polo Before Kublai Khan
(Original Caption) Marco Polo before Kublai Khan. Miniature painting from Maudeville's Book of Marvels. Undated

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Printed Copy of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci

Printed Copy of Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci
(Original Caption) Pastel-toned copy of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, Mona Lisa, 1503-1506

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo

Portrait of Christopher Columbus by Sebastiano del Piombo
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) dressed as an Italian Renaissance gentleman. Restoration of a painting by Sebastiano del Piombo, circa 1485-1547

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Hippocrates

Portrait of Hippocrates
(Original Caption) This is a portrait of Hippocrates, ca. 460-370 B.C. the famous Greek physician

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Nicolo Paganini Playing Violin

Nicolo Paganini Playing Violin
(Original Caption) Paganini: Nicolo Paganini, 1782-1840, Italian violinist. From a sketch by Landseer

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Demosthenes Delivering His Oration Against Philip of Macedonia

Demosthenes Delivering His Oration Against Philip of Macedonia

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait of Petrarch by Robert Hart

Portrait of Petrarch by Robert Hart
(Original Caption) Petrarch

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Detail Showing Plato from The School of Athens by Raphael

Detail Showing Plato from The School of Athens by Raphael
(Original Caption) Vatican City, Rome: Detail of the painting "School of Athens, " by Raphael. Detail of Plato's head and shoulders. Undated photo

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Portrait Of Greek Geometer Euclid

Portrait Of Greek Geometer Euclid
(Original Caption) Portrait, Euclid, ca.300 B.C. Greek geometer, author of "Elements". Undated copper engraving

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Antigone with Sister Ismene

Antigone with Sister Ismene
In Greek legend, Antigone and Ismene are daughters of Oedipus

Background imageSouthern European Descent Collection: Engraving After The Death of Pericles by Chappel

Engraving After The Death of Pericles by Chappel
ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Picture shows "The Death of Pericles, " in 429 BC fom the plague. Pericles (495-429 BC) was a Athenian statesman. 1870 engraving from a painting by Chappel



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