La Divina Sapienza, after the ceiling fresco by Sacchi in the Sala del Mappamondo in the Palazzo Giustiniani, Rome

The motif of the fresco is possibly an interior from Carl Wilhelmson’s villa in Fiskebäskil (the building was completed in 1913), which depicts one of the family members from a vie...

The leaf shows Palazzo Farnese at Piazza Farnese in Rome. The church of Santa Brigida can be seen on the far right. To the left, at the end of the road (Via dei Farnesi) is the chu...

In the second half of the 17th century, Rome saw the triumph of the late decorative Baroque, a style that had prevailed over the course of that century. This trend first appeared w...

The Royal Chapel of St Casimir in Vilnius Cathedral is the masterpiece of Lithuanian Baroque. Beside expressive paintings there are two huge frescoes decorating its eastern and wes...

In December 1577 a fire broke out on the ground floor of the Doge’s Palace in Venice, resulting in serious damage to the decoration, walls, ceilings and furnishings of various room...

The leaf shows Palazzo Marescotti (also Palazzo Maffei Marescotti or Palazzo Estense), located in Rome on Via dei Cestari near the Pantheon. On the left are the Agrippa spas, which...

Inscription: r.u: “Pianta del Piano nobile del Palazzo del ecc.mo/Sig.r Prencipe Giustiniano - dal piano del/entrone sino al mattonato del Piano nobile vie di altezza p.mi 27 - la ...